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Posted in Best Actor in a Play & in a Musical fosterIANs Theatre awards

2015 Best Actor in a Play + in a Musical

Best Actor in a Play John Heffernan, Oppenheimer Many are the ways in which I love Heffernan…

January 3, 2016
Posted in Annie Baker Barbican Theatre Bristol Old Vic Caryl Churchill Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Jessica Swale Lyric Hammersmith Martin Sherman Musicals New Diorama Nick Payne Not-London Orange Tree Theatre Royal Court Royal Exchange Sarah Kane Shakespeare Simon Stone Southwark Playhouse Terry Johnson The Faction Theatre Theatre503 Young Vic

20 shows to look forward to in 2016

2016 is nearly upon and for once, I’ve hardly anything booked for the coming year and what…

December 18, 2015
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Glazen Speelgoed, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“Ik vind het beangstigend hoe ze zomaar wat leeft” Marking Sam Gold’s directorial debut outside of his…

November 23, 2015
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…

September 4, 2015
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Kings of War, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“En, denk je dat je veilig bent? De veiligheid van een rillend lam door wolven omringd?” It’s instructive…

June 20, 2015
Posted in Europe Friedrich Schiller Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2014

Review: Maria Stuart, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“Gelukkig is het einde nu in zicht” One of the joys of Toneelgroep Amsterdam running a repertory company is…

December 29, 2014
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Hamlet vs Hamlet, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam

“Ik was. Ik ben. Ik was. Ik ben.” As soon as I booked my first theatre trip…

July 8, 2014
Posted in Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Theatre

Review: Antonioni Project, Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican

“Wie tegenwoordig voor mooie dingen geeft?” Featuring the return of Toneelgroep Amsterdam to the Barbican, Antonioni Project…

February 3, 2011
Posted in Barbican Theatre Donmar Warehouse fosterIANs Hampstead Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Musicals National Theatre Nina Raine Not-London Old Vic Propeller Richard Bean Royal Court RSC Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Terence Rattigan Theatre West End William Finn

Shows I am looking forward to in 2011

My intention is, honestly, to see less theatre this year and try and regain some semblance of…

January 3, 2011