Category: Writers

Posted in Nina Raine Phoebe Waller-Bridge Royal Court Theatre

Re-review: Tribes, Royal Court

  One of the highlights of October’s theatregoing for me was Nina Raine’s Tribes at the Royal…

Posted in Oscar Wilde Theatre

Review: An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville

“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of…

Posted in David Eldridge Henrik Ibsen Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: The Lady From The Sea, Royal Exchange

“What is it you long for?” The second part of my double bill at Manchester’s Royal Exchange…

Posted in Mike Bartlett Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2010 UK

Review: Love Love Love, Royal Exchange Studio

“We love each other but something has gone wrong; we live in Reading, something has gone wrong”…

Posted in British Independent Film Awards Film Film & TV awards Mike Leigh

2010 British Independent Film Awards nominations

Best British Independent Film The King’s Speech Four Lions Kick-Ass Monsters Never Let Me Go Best Director…

Posted in Anya Reiss Bruce Norris DC Moore Evening Standard Theatre Awards Mike Bartlett Nick Payne Theatre awards

The 2010 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Play Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris (Royal Court) Cock by Mike Bartlett (Royal Court) Sucker Punch by Roy Williams…

Posted in Jermyn Street Theatre Tennessee Williams Theatre

Review: The Two-Character Play, Jermyn Street Theatre

“This still feels like a performance of The Two-Character Play” So much of Tennessee Williams’ work bears…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Joe Penhall Theatre

Review: Blue/Orange, Arcola Theatre

“Why do you think you’re here?” Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange is the penultimate production to be played in…

Posted in JB Priestley Theatre West End

Review: When We Are Married, Garrick Theatre

“Marriage isn’t perfect”   J.B. Priestley’s farcical comedy When We Are Married arrives at the Garrick Theatre…