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Posted in Andrew Lippa Broadway Bruce Norris Conor McPherson Drama Desk Awards Duncan Sheik Jason Robert Brown Jeanine Tesori John Patrick Shanley Laurence O'Keefe Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for the 2014 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play Nell Benjamin, The Explorers Club  Steven Levenson, Core Values Conor McPherson, The Night Alive  Richard Nelson, Regular Singing…

Posted in Mike Bartlett Theatre Watford Palace

Review: An Intervention, Watford Palace

“I didn’t –  I never –  You would. ‘I would’.’” Is it OK for one country to…

Posted in Chris Chibnall Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Worst Wedding Ever, Salisbury Playhouse

 “There was no happier man on the planet than me, the day I learned they’d split The…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn National Theatre Theatre

Review: A Small Family Business, National Theatre

“Everybody else works little fiddles, because that’s what the system is designed for” Who knows what hold…

Posted in Royal Court Simon Stephens Theatre

Review: Birdland, Royal Court

“I literally have enough money to buy anything” It was Scarlett Johansson wot did it. My over-riding…

Posted in Henrik Ibsen Lucy Kirkwood Moira Buffini Musicals Olivier Awards Robert Lopez Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

2014 Laurence Olivier Awards winners

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

Posted in Nick Payne Theatre

Review: Incognito, HighTide

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

Posted in Blogged Donmar Warehouse James Graham Theatre

12 reasons to go and see Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse

“Ladies and gentlemen, please leave your mobile phones…on” James Graham’s new play Privacy has just opened at…

Posted in Arthur Miller Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2014 Young Vic

Review: A View from the Bridge, Young Vic

“Most of the time we settle for half and I like it better” And so one of…