Category: Mike Leigh

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Film Review: Vera Drake (2004)

“She’s gonna get herself in trouble one of these days” I’m pretty sure that Vera Drake was…

Posted in Film Mike Leigh

Film Review: Happy Go Lucky (2008)

“En-ra-ha, EN-RA-HA!” This was actually the first Mike Leigh film I saw at the cinema and I…

Posted in Film Mike Leigh

Film Review: Another Year (2010)

“On a scale of one to ten, how happy would you say you were” Mike Leigh’s most…

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Critics’ Circle Awards 2011: the winners in full

  Best New Play One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean The Peter Hepple Award for Best…

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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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Winners of the 2011 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Play WINNER The Heretic by Richard Bean (Royal Court) WINNER One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard…

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Review: Grief, National Theatre

“I don’t want some lovely pink lemonade, I want a sherry” Mike Leigh’s new play for the…

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The 2011 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Play The Heretic by Richard Bean (Royal Court) One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean (National’s Lyttelton) Becky…

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Review: Ecstasy, Hampstead Theatre

“I’ve had me ups and downs but what with one thing and another, it evens itself out…