London and West End
The Silver Tassie – Review
| April 24, 2014
No-one was caught napping at the National Theatre last night when war broke out on the Lyttelton stage. Mortar fire to the left of us, canons roaring to
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Every Last Trick – Review
| April 23, 2014
Georges Feydeau must have written his French farce, Every Last Trick, knowing that one day it would fall into the hands of those anarchic clowns of the modern
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Henry IV Parts I & II – Review
| April 17, 2014
Rebellion and insurrection is all around, the king is struggling to keep hold of the Hollow Crown and, amid all the chaos one man reigns supreme. Antony Sher’s
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London and West End
Three Sisters – Review
| April 12, 2014
Chekhov gets a bad rep for creating a bleak and depressing image of Mother Russia and its people. His plays are frequently so full of angst and darkness
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Private Peaceful – Review
| April 10, 2014
It takes a lot to genuinely move me after a lifetime watching hundreds, if not thousands, of stage plays. But I defy anyone not to be affected by
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Dial M For Murder – Review
| April 10, 2014
If ever a play set out to shock then this is it. Director Lucy Bailey has taken the film noir concept out of the cinema to stage a
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London and West End
A Small Family Business – review
| April 9, 2014
Petty pilfering in the workplace is now so accepted that it has been decriminalised by society. Hand on heart, who hasn’t filched the odd notebook, roll of sticky
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London and West End
Finian’s Rainbow – Review
| April 8, 2014
There really is a crock of gold hiding at the end of Finian’s Rainbow. It’s to be found at Charing Cross Theatre in a show oozing pure, Irish
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The Mousetrap (review)
| April 3, 2014
The Mousetrap was finally sprung last year after 60 years of playing to bemused audiences in the West End. It hasn’t stopped touring since. The 2014 tour has
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London and West End
Other Desert Cities (review) at The Old Vic
| March 27, 2014
Family secrets are occasionally best left hidden and the Wyeth family have more cause than most to keep quiet about the terrible truth of their past. But a
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Compagnie Käfig’s Boxe Boxe (review) at Milton Keynes Theatre
| March 26, 2014
Boxers will tell you that you have to be light on your feet in the ring. There’s as much grace and elegance as raw muscle power. Compagnie Käfig
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