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Theatre: A capital performance from the hangmen
December 17, 2015
The good news is that Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen, a witty black comedy thriller about capital punishment and miscarriages of justice originally staged at the Royal Court, has now transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre. It could be in the running for Best Play award. Matthew Dunster’s production maintains a tight grip on a revenge plot which goes
Theatre: Soul-searching almost too terrible to bear
December 10, 2015
Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf has never been popular and has remained the least performed of his major works. It had its English premiere in 1896 when even William Archer, Ibsen’s champion, translator and director, thought “the soul-searching might be too terrible for human endurance in the theatre”. Alfred Allmers (Jolyon Coy), who is suffering from
Theatre: Brought to heel by a good pair of legs
December 01, 2015
For many people, The Homecoming is Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. Jamie Lloyd celebrates the play’s 50th birthday at Trafalgar Studios with a highly stylised and totally non-realistic production. The sparse set, the tableaux, the loud music and the blackouts increase the artificiality. Rich in irony and ambiguity, Pinter’s lethally colloquial script offers possibilities for many interpretations.
Theatre: Brought to heel by a good pair of legs
December 01, 2015
For many people, The Homecoming is Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. Jamie Lloyd celebrates the play’s 50th birthday at Trafalgar Studios with a highly stylised and totally non-realistic production. The sparse set, the tableaux, the loud music and the blackouts increase the artificiality. Rich in irony and ambiguity, Pinter’s lethally colloquial script offers possibilities for many interpretations.
Theatre & Music
September 24, 2015
THEATRE Kidman works her chemistry on DNA Nicole Kidman, who was last seen on the London stage 17 years ago in David Hare’s adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s notoriously erotic La Ronde, returns to act in Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 at Noël Coward Theatre. Kidman pays tribute to the English chemist and crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, the
Theatre & Music
September 24, 2015
THEATRE Kidman works her chemistry on DNA Nicole Kidman, who was last seen on the London stage 17 years ago in David Hare’s adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s notoriously erotic La Ronde, returns to act in Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 at Noël Coward Theatre. Kidman pays tribute to the English chemist and crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, the
Theatre Review: This is the finest clerical drama in years
June 11, 2015
Simon Russell Beale’s deeply felt performance is one of his very best
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