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Reviews of Plays in London West End and Off West End

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Small Island adapted by Helen Edmundson at the Olivier Theatre
After the recent Windrush Generation government scandal, this National Theatre production of Small Island couldn’t have come at a better time. Based on Andrea Levy’s 2004 novel and adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, it tells the stories of two families, one white and one black leading up to the arrival of immigrant workers from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush in 1948. Read the full review...

The Revenger’s Tragedy at the Barbican Theatre | Review

March 5, 2020 Last updated: March 5, 2020 11:44 am By Will Nash

The Revengers Tragedy - Credit Masiar Pasquali.

Cheek by Jowl presents their Italian-language version of Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy. In essence, a tightly wound, tense, complex unfolding as the eponymous revenger, Vindice (Fausto Cabra) stalks the Duke in the pursuit of immediate justice. Through Vindice's hunting, his brother, his mother and sister are pulled into a knot of binary justice. As for the target of reprisal, the Duke's sons scuff the lapels of tailored Italian suits as they jostle for predominance, and a sultry … [Read more...]

Synergy Theatre Project presents The Special Relationship | Review

March 4, 2020 Last updated: March 4, 2020 11:56 pm By Chris Omaweng

Synergy Theatre Project presents The Special Relationship - Credit Tristram Kenton

I recently read something about ‘verbatim theatre’, in which the assertion is made that it can work both ways. While providing voices, so to speak, to people who wouldn’t ordinarily have their stories depicted on stage, the very nature of it means that, by definition, it is restricted to whatever words the playwright’s interviewees supply, and therefore deprives (if that’s the right word) the playwright of using their creative juices to come up with a more impactful way of saying more or less … [Read more...]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Incognito Theatre Company

March 4, 2020 Last updated: March 4, 2020 7:17 pm By Loretta Monaco

All Quiet on the Western Front by Incognito Theatre Company

'The greatest moral evil is, of course, war' (Voltaire, 1694 - 1778). The 21st Century is proving to be a global playing field of endless military conflict. Beginning with the US/UK-led invasions of Afghanistan in 2001; Iraq in 2003; and the same nations intervening in Libya, 2011; and at different times in Syria, it seems death and destruction only serve to whet the appetite of these misguided transgressors. Given it is the remit of democratic nations to start and maintain military … [Read more...]

UK Tour of Bang Bang! at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford | Review

March 4, 2020 Last updated: March 4, 2020 5:44 pm By Sally Knipe

Bang Bang! Northcott Theatre - Credit Paul Blakemore

Bang Bang! is, perhaps, rather surprisingly, John Cleese’s stage-writing debut. It is an adaption of Georges Feydeau’s farce “Monsieur Chasse”, written in French in 1892. John Cleese and Director Daniel Buckroyd’s version keeps the story in the time and place that it was originally set: Paris in the mid-1890s but, thankfully, it is performed in English. David Shields’ set is brilliantly designed, beginning at Monsieur and Madame Duchotel’s (Tony Gardner and Tessa Peake-Jones) Parisian home … [Read more...]

Unlikely Productions presents The Apologists at Omnibus Theatre | Review

March 4, 2020 Last updated: March 4, 2020 12:12 am By Chris Omaweng

The Apologists at The Omnibus Theatre

An apology is a curious thing in British life - sometimes people find themselves saying ‘sorry’ for all sorts of reasons, not necessarily anything to do with having done anything wrong, such as “I’m sorry, could I have the bill please?” at a busy restaurant, or not quite hearing what someone has just said on account of a lot of other conversations happening in the said restaurant, or, as a list on the BuzzFeed website puts it, “Thinking you heard what someone said but being so scared of being … [Read more...]

Cracking by Alright Mate? at The King’s Head Theatre | Review

March 3, 2020 Last updated: March 3, 2020 12:24 pm By Terry Eastham

Cracking - Credit Rob Coombe

Having a baby is supposed to be one of the best things that can happen to a couple in their lives. And for the majority that is true, but for roughly 1 in 10 women, the experience is not great and they suffer postnatal depression. Quite rightly, there is a wide range of services available to support a mother suffering from postnatal depression but, what about the other people in their lives, the ones that live with the effects of the illness? Who do they have to support them? This idea is … [Read more...]

Frankenstein at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre | Review

March 3, 2020 Last updated: March 3, 2020 12:12 pm By Sam Dunning

Frankenstein - Credit Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

Frankenstein was created in 1816 by a then 19-year-old Mary Shelley. Two years later it was officially published and has, to date, been recreated in over 30 different varieties - from stage and film, to TV and radio. A further 30 or more productions (including the musical The Rocky Horror Show and films like Frankenweenie directed by Tim Burton and I, Frankenstein starring Aaron Eckhart and Bill Nighy), owe their success, creation and/or varying levels of inspiration to the legendary story. In … [Read more...]

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