Category: Nick Payne

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Radio Review: Denmark Hill / Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight / The Day We Caught The Train

“I have to write an essay on Shakespeare’s view of the family, it’s a bugger” Denmark Hill is…

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TV Review: The Secrets 1 – The Dilemma

“I was wondering if you would help me to die” It’s kind of an accepted truth now…

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TV Review: The Secrets 5 – The Return

“I’m trying to tell you something for your own good” Last but by no means least in The…

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Review: The Art of Dying, Royal Court

“I was under the impression that my dad was dying” Nick Payne’s monologue The Art of Dying…

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Review: Incognito, HighTide

“Imagine how liberating it would be not to remember who you were” If you saw the mega-hit…

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2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…

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Review: Symphony, VAULT

“I do enjoy a skimpy short” Originally commissioned in 2012 when it played festivals like Latitude, nabokov’s…

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Review: Blurred Lines, National Theatre

“I’d be surprised if part of the audience didn’t feel alienated” A dissection of “what it means…

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Review: The Same Deep Water As Me, Donmar Warehouse

“I’m exhausted, sweating like a fucking dyslexic on Countdown” The Donmar Warehouse has two levels, stalls and…