Category: Bijan Sheibani

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Review: Emil and the Detectives, National Theatre

“No-one has time for other people’s troubles in a city” It’s a rare occasion that I get…

Posted in Bijan Sheibani Frank McGuinness National Theatre Theatre

Review: Damned by Despair, National Theatre

“Look on this and learn. Let that be your punishment” I don’t think there is another director…

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Review: The House of Bernarda Alba, Almeida Theatre

“They are women without men, that’s all” The list of actresses whom I adore is forever growing…

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Review: The Kitchen, National Theatre

“What is there more?” The Kitchen was one of Arnold Wesker’s first plays and follows on from…

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Review: Moonlight, Donmar Warehouse

“You are the proper target for a cat’s derision”   Pinter has never really been one of…

Posted in Bijan Sheibani Jack Thorne LGBTQ+ Matt Charman Moira Buffini National Theatre Penelope Skinner Theatre

Review: Greenland, National Theatre

“It’s like we’re conducting a big, massive experiment…” Pulling together narratives and investigative work from four playwrights,…

Posted in Bijan Sheibani Rebecca Lenkiewicz Riverside Studios Theatre

Review: The Typist, Riverside Studios

“It’s not a result of excessive masturbation”         The Sky Arts Playhouse: Live project…

Posted in Arthur Miller Bijan Sheibani Duncan Sheik Jerry Herman Jez Butterworth John Logan Katori Hall Lucy Prebble Mike Bartlett Musicals Olivier Awards Richard Bean Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard

2010 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Enron by Lucy Prebble – Royal Court / Noël Coward Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth…

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Review: Our Class, National Theatre

Our Class is a blistering look at the Polish collusion in the atrocities of the Second World…