Category: 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…
Review: Ragtime, Landor Theatre
“It was the music of something beginning…” Earlier this year, it did seem that the Landor had a…
Review: Parade, Southwark Playhouse
“It means the journey ahead might get shorter, I might reach the end of my rope” Hardly…
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-…
Review: Anna Christie, Donmar Warehouse
“If your oath is no proper oath at all, I’ll have to be taking your naked word…
Review: The Hired Man, Landor Theatre
“No greater pleasure than work done well” The Hired Man was Howard Goodall’s first musical, setting Melvyn…
Review: Singin’ in the Rain, Chichester Festival Theatre
“Be a clown, be a clown, the whole world loves a clown” I’m often asked what my…
Review: For Once, Hampstead Downstairs
“Perhaps this is what everyone else does, perhaps this is what adults do. I can just act…
Review: The Village Bike, Royal Court
“You think I’m this respectable married teacher person” Penelope Skinner makes her Royal Court debut upstairs with…
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