Barn Theatre
One Minute – Review
| May 24, 2018
We can’t imagine the devastation when a child goes missing. Their shocked parents are numb with grief and guilt, they cling to strangers who offer hope and their
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One Minute. Simon Stephens powerful missing child drama comes to The Barn Theatre, Cirencester
| May 7, 2018
Read our One Minute review from Barn Theatre. The powerful missing child drama, One Minute, will open at The Barn, Cirencester, later this month, marking the directorial debut
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London and West End
The Seagull – Review
| October 18, 2017
You’ll be disappointed – or possibly elated – to discover that Simon Stephens has ripped up Chekhov’s The Seagull and come up with a modern adaptation that de-clutters,
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News
Sara Stewart steps into The Cherry Orchard for Nottingham Playhouse
| October 16, 2017
Nottingham Playhouse artistic director, Giles Croft, has completed casting for his farewell production, Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, which opens on November 3. Sara Stewart, fresh from the gripping
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News
Guns, vodka & unrequited love in Simon Stephens’ The Seagull for Lyric Hammersmith
| June 20, 2017
Unrequited love, creative jealousy, guns, vodka…..and art. Chekhov’s celebrated masterpiece, The Seagull, is given vibrant new life in a dynamic new version by Olivier-award winning playwright, Simon Stephens,
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London Fringe
Wastwater – Review
| May 13, 2016
Wastwater is England’s deepest lake. Its surface may be icy smooth but underneath is an undercurrent that is dark and troubling….a bit like Simon Stephens 2011 play of
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London and West End
Herons Review
| January 22, 2016
When did childhood become so bleak and terrifying? Simon Stephens wrote Herons 15 years ago but its themes of adolescent bullying, teen violence and lost dreams were prescient.
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Brutal Herons revival opens 2016 at Lyric Hammersmith
| December 1, 2015
Fifteen years after its first production Simon Stephens’ unflinching and incendiary play, Herons, returns to the London stage in a new production at The Lyric, Hammersmith. Directed by
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Regional
The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time – Review
| March 17, 2015
I feel like I’m coming to the party late with a review of The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time (surely the longest titled play ever).
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News
Bizet re-imagined for Carmen Disruption at Almeida
| March 4, 2015
Casting has been announced for the premiere of Carmen Disruption. Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Birdland, Three Kingdoms) makes his
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Curious Incident tour heads to Royal & Derngate
| February 16, 2015
Smash-hit National Theatre production The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes to Northampton’s Royal & Derngate from May 24-28 as part of a major tour
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London Fringe
Christmas, White Bear Theatre – Review
| December 8, 2014
I spent a lot of years working in pubs and my favourite customers were always ‘the regulars’. The people who turned up at the same time every day,
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