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Posted in August Wilson Christopher Hampton Cyndi Lauper Duncan Macmillan Florian Zeller Howard Goodall Jessica Swale Kenneth Branagh Lin-Manuel Miranda Mark Gatiss Martin McDonagh Olivier Awards Robert Icke Shakespeare Theatre Theatre awards

2016 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen – Duke of York’s Hangmen by…

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Review: Guys and Dolls, Savoy Theatre

“Let’s keep the party polite” In the absence of a long-runner, the Savoy Theatre has becoming something…

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TV Review: Penny Dreadful Season 2

“We are bound on a wheel on pain” The first series of Penny Dreadful may not have…

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TV Review: Crime and Punishment (2002)

“Oh we’ll make him suffer, but will he make himself?” This 2002 BBC2 adaptation of Crime and…

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2013 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic Billie Piper…

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DVD Review: The 39 Steps

“Life never seems grim after a couple of fried eggs” I haven’t quite made it to see…

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2012 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Collaborators by John Hodge – National Theatre Cottesloe Jumpy by April De Angelis –…

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Review: The Madness of George III, Richmond Theatre

“The state of monarch and the state of lunacy share a frontier” Alan Bennett’s play The Madness…