Category: Barbican Theatre

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Review: Macbeth, RSC at the Barbican

Despite a cast including Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack, this proves another disappointment of a Macbeth as…

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Theatre news round-up

I’d thought I didn’t need to see Richard II again for a good while but Michelle Terry’s…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Barbican Theatre Blanche McIntyre Chichester Festival Theatre Conor McPherson fosterIANs Hope Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove LGBTQ+ Lin-Manuel Miranda Martin Sherman Mike Bartlett Musicals National Theatre New Diorama Old Vic Shakespeare Stiles + Drewe Theatre Tony Kushner Top moments

11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2017

As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until…

Posted in August Strindberg Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Theatre Theatre review

Review: After The Rehearsal / Persona, Barbican

“Als ik, heel even maar desnoods, mijn masker zou afzetten en zou zeggen wat ik voelde of…

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Review: Obsession, Barbican

“There’s more to this magical life than the love of the ladies” It has been impossible to…

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Notes on a second viewing of Roman Tragedies

“I arm myself with patience and await the higher powers” Whilst sitting in the audience for Roman…

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Review: Roman Tragedies, Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican

“A people who can neither rule nor be ruled” 8 years ago, I’d barely started to blog,…

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9 of my top moments in a theatre in 2016

The end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances should be on their way soon, once the food…

Posted in Barbican Theatre Sarah Kane Theatre

Review: Phaedra(s), LIFT 2016 at the Barbican

“Va-t’en fous le camp ne me touche pas ne me parle pas reste avec moi.” Funny story…