Tag: Alexandra Gilbreath

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News: The RSC launch Sonnets in Solitude

The Royal Shakespeare Company have announced Sonnets in Solitude, a selection of Shakespeare’s sonnets self-recorded by RSC actors…

Posted in Film Tom Stoppard

Lockdown film review: Tulip Fever (2017)

Despite a mostly good cast, Tulip Fever proves a punishingly dull film – not even self-isolation should…

Posted in Lucy Prebble Orange Tree Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Sugar Syndrome, Orange Tree Theatre

A fine revival of Lucy Prebble’s first play The Sugar Syndrome features a strong debut performance from…

Posted in Alice Birch Arrows & Traps Barbican Theatre Bridge Theatre Bristol Old Vic Brockley Jack Theatre Bunker Theatre Caryl Churchill Edward Albee Finborough Theatre Henrik Ibsen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Katie Mitchell Kooman + Dimond Lucy Prebble Musicals National Theatre Not-London Orange Tree Theatre Royal Exchange Shakespeare Showstopper Tennessee Williams Theatre Tony Kushner UK Watermill Theatre

20 shows to look forward to in 2020

I look ahead to some of the 2020 shows exciting me most with an emphasis away from…

Posted in Comedy Henrik Ibsen Lyric Hammersmith Musicals Not-London RSC Theatre UK West End William Finn

September theatre round-up

A quick round-up of the rest of September’s shows Mary Said What She Said, aka how far…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Barbican Theatre Blanche McIntyre Chichester Festival Theatre Conor McPherson fosterIANs Hope Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove LGBTQ+ Lin-Manuel Miranda Martin Sherman Mike Bartlett Musicals National Theatre New Diorama Old Vic Shakespeare Stiles + Drewe Theatre Tony Kushner Top moments

11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2017

As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until…

Posted in Christopher Hampton Florian Zeller Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory

“People don’t really want to be told the truth” Just as The Father comes along with The…

Posted in Southwark Playhouse Theatre Theatre review

Review: Dessert, Southwark Playhouse

“I need to change what I can accept” I only booked for Dessert at the Southwark Playhouse…

Posted in News Theatre Yaël Farber

Round-up of news and treats and other interesting things

Christine Edzard will be writing and directing a new version of The Good Soldier Schwejk, based on the…