Category: Barbican Theatre

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Review: Mademoiselle Julie, Barbican

“A qui la faute” Lyn Gardner recently wrote an interesting piece in the Guardian theatre blog about…

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Review: Big and Small, Sydney Theatre Company at the Barbican

“Lotte doesn’t know what Lotte is talking about” Anticipation can be a killer, but from the moment…

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Review: The Master and Margarita, Complicite at the Barbican

“It’s just words, it’s just another story” As I left the Barbican after seeing Complicite’s take on…

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Review: ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, Cheek by Jowl at the Barbican

“Tis not, I know, my lust, but tis my fate that leads me on” A quick glance…

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DVD Review: The Winter’s Tale (RSC at the Barbican, 1998)

“Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge” It is no surprise to anyone who…

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Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

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2012 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi  Benedict…

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Review: South Pacific, Barbican

“You can’t light a fire when the wood is all wet” It will be interesting to see…

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Review: The School for Scandal, Barbican

“You can indeed each fear remove, for even scandal dies if you approve” Commencing before the curtain…