Category: Caryl Churchill

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Review: Escaped Alone and What If If Only, Royal Exchange

Escaped Alone and What If If Only make for a striking Caryl Churchill double bill at Manchester’s…

February 12, 2025
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News: 40th anniversary Top Girls announces its cast

The cast has been announced for the 40th-anniversary production of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls which opens at…

January 30, 2023
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Shows to look forward to in 2023

As usual, my 2023 theatre preview looks a little beyond the big names hitting the West End…

January 15, 2023
Posted in 2022 Arthur Miller Barbican Theatre Battersea Arts Centre Best Plays Bush Theatre Caryl Churchill Charing Cross Theatre Curve Theatre David Eldridge fosterIANs Gary Owen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Lee Hall Lyric Hammersmith Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Old Vic Open Air Theatre Richard Bean Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richmond Theatre Royal Court RSC Southwark Playhouse The Other Palace Theatre Tom Morton-Smith Watermill Theatre Year round-ups Young Vic

My 10 favourite shows of 2022

1 Dictating to the Estate, Maxilla Social Club 2 Age of Rage, Barbican 3 Jack Absolute Flies…

January 3, 2023
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News: Leading lights of British theatre accuse European Drama Prize of modern-day McCarthyism

More than 170 actors, writers and producers have accused the jury of the 2022 European Drama Prize…

November 18, 2022
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2022 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Not a lot to complain about for once (The Drifters Girl aside), this set of Olivier Award…

March 9, 2022
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2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Leading Performer in a New Production of a Musical Arinzé Kene, Get Up, Stand Up! The…

February 22, 2022
Posted in Caryl Churchill Old Vic Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: A Number, Old Vic

Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James deliver stunning performances in a cracking production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number…

February 3, 2022
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News: the Old Vic reveals some of its 2022 plans

Matthew Warchus’ programme for the Old Vic’s 2022 includes an interesting couple of choices and the return…

February 1, 2022