Re-imaging Moliere’s 17th Century work to 21st Century Highgate is an idea that has great promise. That a wealthy industrialist or City fat cat could be entranced and duped by a shaman is credible. Finding someone who gives the... https://t.co/EBWo6l1qGW
"There is nothing worse to do to someone than take away their worship." This line stuck out in Ned Bennett's new revival of Peter Shaffer's 1973 play Equus, about the treatment of a 17-year old Alan... https://t.co/GmjSic2piV
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Shipwreck is a play with a self-induced identity crisis. Playwright Anne Washburn, responsible for the quirky yet faithful Twilight Zone adaptation and the off-the-wall genius of Mr Burns, returns to the... https://t.co/vwgLpfezTF
Theatre is at its best when it takes risks, and when those risks pay off. Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto’s new version of Tartuffe, in a modern West Midlands setting, takes some big risks and, to a large extent, they pay off... https://t.co/NV1bB84pFi
Kill The Beast have been tearing up the fringe scene for many a year, and seeing them come to VAULT festival as part of New Diorama's festival takeover feels more like a theatrical treat than anything else. But... https://t.co/WyB4pLDWjN
Man oh man. Sometimes when you head to the Barbican Theatre you just get the feeling that British theatre should pack up and go home. Belgian company Peeping Tom is definitely responsible for those sorts... https://t.co/rqdXXSmWC6
Two Spanish tourists go on holiday to Peru. Their relationship is, on the first day, dysfunctional, by the end irreparable. Spanish playwright Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez presents a partnership slowly flayed by insecurity... https://t.co/NP8MNKpm0U
In a recent blog, a critic mentioned that British theatre had dropped the ball on Brexit. It was a very true (and sad) point, but there seemed to be hope on the horizon - the blog was posted a week... https://t.co/hju9e9UOUv
David Greig's Outlying Islands is a play that comes with a brilliantly meaty concept at its heart. The two-act, five-character piece is based on a real-life story of a pre-WW2 British government,... https://t.co/PkAB53Z7Tq
Sigh...to quote DJ Khaled, another one. Of these lists. I've picked my list of top shows from 2018. As you may notice, I've avoided a chunk of SOLT and major venues. But shows that kicked around bigger house that... https://t.co/rk4slh0zfX
Running at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham until November 24th is the Creation Theatre’s production of THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. This production is clearly innovative and original in content and context. A... https://t.co/x3n5Bhcfcu
One memorable hit after another is delivered by Sam O’Hanlon with great expertise and flair as he portrays Paul Simon, the long-term school friend of Art Garfunkel, played by Charlie... https://t.co/GMiNLyQiXk
A drum, a drum, another Macbeth doth come. The National's version may have been critically murdered more brutally than a Scottish monarch (it's now touring) when it premiered earlier this year, the RSC's... https://t.co/9YxIbqGTYC
One doesn’t quite know where to start. Whether from the artfully fragmented structure of the play, the superb script, or the metaphysical set design? In a play about endings, big questions, and relationships, every... https://t.co/8dMPxSxCcb