Category: Top plays of 2011

Posted in Musicals Not-London Sheffield Theatres Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: Company, Sheffield Crucible

“You ever wish you didn’t get married?” This trip up to Sheffield to see Company at the…

Posted in Michael Frayn Old Vic Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011

Review: Noises Off, Old Vic

“Oh God, I can’t believe we’re opening tomorrow” Sondheim once posed the question “Don’t you love farce?”…

Posted in Bush Theatre LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review Tom Wells Top plays of 2011

Review: The Kitchen Sink, Bush Theatre

“It’s about bloody, making a little change. Letting some tiny changes happen without the world ending.” One…

Posted in Dennis Kelly Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 West End

Re-review: Matilda, the Musical – Cambridge Theatre

“Never again will I doubt it when my mummy says I’m a miracle!” More so than with…

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…