Category: Theatre

Posted in Anton Chekhov Bridge Project Old Vic Theatre Tom Stoppard

Review: The Cherry Orchard, Bridge Project at the Old Vic

The Bridge Project is a rather ambitious venture: an Anglo-American theatre company formed specially for three years…

Posted in Royal Court Theatre

Review: Grasses of a Thousand Colours, Royal Court

Hmm, well this was an odd one. As part of the Wallace Shawn season at the Royal…

Posted in Live Music Theatre

Review: The Pietà, St Johns in Piccadilly

Sometimes, though increasingly rarely for me these days, a visit to the theatre can completely take you…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Henrik Ibsen Theatre Zinnie Harris

Review: A Doll’s House, Donmar Warehouse

Keeping up their impeccable record of attracting star names to their productions, the Donmar Warehouse have assembled…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Bovell Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2009

Review: When The Rain Stops Falling, Almeida Theatre

Having its European premiere at Islington’s Almeida theatre, When The Rain Stops Falling comes from the pen…

Posted in National Theatre Shakespeare Theatre

Review: All’s Well That Ends Well, National Theatre

All’s Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare’s so-called ‘problem plays’, not easily classified as a…

Posted in Broadway Drama Desk Awards Lee Hall Lynn Nottage Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of the 2009 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play: Annie Baker, Body Awareness Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw Neil LaBute, reasons to be pretty Lynn Nottage, Ruined Michael Weller, Fifty…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Theatre

Review: Madame De Sade, Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham’s Theatre

The third play in the Donmar’s residency at the Wyndham’s Theatre is Madame de Sade, a slightly…

Posted in Jonathan Larson Musicals Theatre West End

Review: tick…tick…BOOM!, Duchess Theatre

The second musical in the Notes from New York mini-season at the Duchess Theatre is tick…tick…BOOM! Written…