Category: Top plays of 2016
Review: Mary Stuart, Almeida Theatre
“The Queen? Which Queen?” Robert Icke’s Mary Stuart is a towering success, an extraordinary piece of theatre…
Review: Hedda Gabler, National Theatre
“I’ve never felt at home” With Hedda Gabler, the ever prolific Ivo van Hove is making his National Theatre…
Review: The Children, Royal Court
“At our time of life, we simply cannot deal with this shit” It’s interesting to see the…
Review: The Last Five Years, St James Theatre
“I’m not always on time Please don’t expect that from me” I think I have to…
Review: Amadeus, National Theatre
“It would make angels mourn” Perhaps fittingly, on an evening when beautiful tribute was paid to the…
Review: The Grinning Man, Bristol Old Vic
“In you, I found all the pleasure and pain I could ever hope to feel” All the…
Review: Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre
“And say to those who blame us for the way we chose to fight That sometimes there…
Review: Jess and Joe Forever, Orange Tree Theatre
“I thought this was about growing up” Superficially, Jess and Joe Forever is indeed about growing…
Review: Yerma, Young Vic
“We used to have a life. We have each other and my empty womb” It’s Yerma yes,…
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