Category: Simon Stephens

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Simon Stephens Theatre

Review: The Threepenny Opera, National Theatre

“There will be no moralising tonight” Whatever you think a national theatre should be for, I bloody…

Posted in Lyric Hammersmith Simon Stephens Theatre

Review: Herons, Lyric Hammersmith

“I’ve got nothing to look forward to” There’s something rather apt about members of the Bugsy Malone…

Posted in Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Simon Stephens Theatre Young Vic

Review: Song from Far Away, Young Vic

“We exist in the gaps between the sounds that we make” It’s hard not to be seduced by…

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Winners of the 2015 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play: Clare Barron, You Got Older Lisa D’Amour, Airline Highway Anthony Giardina, The City of Conversation…

Posted in Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Not-London Outer Critics Circle Awards Simon Stephens Stephen Adly Guirgis Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of 2014-2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) WINNER – Ayad…

Posted in Broadway Dave Malloy Drama Desk Awards Jack Thorne Jason Robert Brown Kander + Ebb Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Not-London Simon Stephens Stephen Adly Guirgis Terrence McNally Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for the 2015 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play: Clare Barron, You Got Older Lisa D’Amour, Airline Highway Anthony Giardina, The City of Conversation…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Simon Stephens Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Carmen Disruption, Almeida Theatre

“I saw everything. But I didn’t really see a thing” It is little surprise that the synopsis…

Posted in Broadway David Hare Kander + Ebb Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Not-London Outer Critics Circle Awards Penelope Skinner Peter Morgan Simon Stephens Stephen Adly Guirgis Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for 2014-2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award (Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright) Ayad Akhtar, The…

Posted in Anton Chekhov Simon Stephens Theatre Young Vic

Not-a-Review: The Cherry Orchard, Young Vic

  I’d love to review Simon Stephens’ version of The Cherry Orchard at the Young Vic but Katie Mitchell’s…