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Posted in Almeida Theatre Neil LaBute Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Reasons To Be Pretty, Almeida Theatre

“I guess there’s a compliment wedged in there somewhere” Neil LaBute has developed a reputation for fierce…

Posted in Lee Hall Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 West End

Review: The Pitmen Painters, Duchess Theatre

“And when I stopped to look at what I’d done, suddenly I realised it was light –…

Posted in Mike Bartlett National Theatre Theatre Top plays of 2011

Review: 13, National Theatre

“Over the last year, it feels like it’s all falling apart…in this country…across the world…” Mike Bartlett…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre

“No denying times is hard sir, even harder than the worst pies in London” This may surprise…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Di and Viv and Rose, Hampstead Downstairs

“We could really live together, what do you think?” Continuing their practice of showcasing new writing in…

Posted in Finborough Theatre Ivor Novello Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Perchance to Dream, Finborough Theatre

“If you run out of words, just burst into song” The Finborough Theatre in West London has…

Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Ragtime, Landor Theatre

“It was the music of something beginning…” Earlier this year, it did seem that the Landor had a…

Posted in Jason Robert Brown Musicals Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Parade, Southwark Playhouse

“It means the journey ahead might get shorter, I might reach the end of my rope” Hardly…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Re-review: London Road, National (and thinking about riots)

“If you make your house look nice, if you feel good about where you live, you’ll en-…