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11h ago
Hamlet, starring Billy Howle, a live recording from Bristol Old Vic The fat has been cut from this Bristol Old Vic production of Hamlet, leaving the meat of the play. There is no Fortinbras subplot, the ghost and player scenes are stripped to the bare essentials. It's a minimalist, stark ..read more
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5d ago
Dyllón Burnside and Danny Lee Wynter in BLACK SUPERHERO, Royal Court, March 2023. Photo: Johan Persson "I'm holding out for a hero" is Bonnie Tyler's famous song, and it could be the theme tune for David (Danny Lee Wynter) in BLACK SUPERHERO. He's long held a torch for friend King ..read more
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1w ago
Cyril Nri and Kirsty Rider in Further than the Furthest Thing at Young Vic March 2023. Photo:(c) Marc Brenner In Shakespeare's Island play The Tempest, Caliban says: "Be not afeared, the isle is full of noises" should the inhabitants of the remote Atlantic island in Zinnie Harris' play be afraid ..read more
Rev Stan's Theatre Blog
1w ago
Will Close is the Mediocre White Male, King's Head Theatre March 2023 The mediocre white male of the title, or MWM as he's referred to by a colleague, is angry. His school friends have moved on, and he's stuck playing a talking statue at the local stately home. To make ..read more
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3w ago
Annabel Leventon and Tim Hardy in The Journey to Venice, Finborough Theatre, Mar 23. Photo: Simon Annand What do you do when your escape mechanism from the pain of past events is no longer available to you? Edith (Annabel Leventon) and Oscar Tellman (Tim Hardy) enjoyed travelling when they were ..read more
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1M ago
Women, Beware the Devil, Almeida Theatre Feb 2023 Women, Beware The Devil at the Almeida Theatre is a difficult play to pin down. It starts in the modern day with the 'literal' devil (Nathan Armarkwei-Laryea) breaking the fourth wall to lament how he isn't evoked or blamed for anything anymore ..read more
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1M ago
Gemma Lawrence and Kathryn Bond in The Beach House, Park Theatre, Feb 2023. Photo: David Monteith-Hodge They say moving is one of the most stressful things you can do. What happens when you move to your dream beachfront home that is 'in need of renovation', you have a baby on ..read more
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1M ago
Do you ever watch a play and enjoy it enough while watching it but then at the end, as you leave the theatre, realise it won't leave a mark on you? The blunt way of putting it is 'good but forgettable'. That's kind of how I felt about Trouble in ..read more
Rev Stan's Theatre Blog
1M ago
Helena Wilson and Maggie Bain in Linck & Mülhahn, Hampstead Theatre, Feb 2023. Photo: Helen Murray Writer Ruby Thomas was in the British Library when she came across a reference Linck and Mulhahn, a same-sex couple in 18th Century Prussia who'd been living as husband and wife. Using what information ..read more
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1M ago
Phaedra, National Theatre, February 2023, starring Janet McTeer and Assaad Bouab Phaedra at the National Theatre started with writer/director Simon Stone making a speech about this being the first run-through. He asked for our indulgence if things didn't quite go smoothly, blaming himself for any issues. During the opening scene ..read more