Category: Open Air Theatre

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Review: The Seagull, Open Air Theatre

“Life in the country is just so bloody boring” Someone wiser than I pointed out that the…

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Review: Porgy and Bess, Open Air Theatre

“I’m full of all commotion like an ocean full of rhum” The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (as it…

Posted in Harold Brighouse Open Air Theatre Theatre

Review: Hobson’s Choice, Open Air Theatre

“There’s another man with claims on me” Harold Brighouse’s 1916 play Hobson’s Choice is regarded a good…

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Review: All My Sons, Open Air Theatre

“This thing – this thing is not over yet….” Ivo van Hove’s revelatory approach to Arthur Miller’s…

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Winners of the 2014 What’s on Stage Awards

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud (49.5%) Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the…

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2014 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud  Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the NT…

Posted in Musicals Open Air Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2013

Review: The Sound of Music, Open Air Theatre

“But somewhere in my wicked, miserable past there must have been a moment of truth” Despite never…

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Review: Pride and Prejudice, Open Air Theatre

“I suppose his…fortune had some bearing” The choice to adapt Jane Austen’s endlessly popular novel Pride and…

Posted in Open Air Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2012

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Open Air Theatre

“Out of this wood do not desire to go” As the first of Shakespeare’s works that I…