Tag: Helen Edmundson

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Anton Chekhov Arrows & Traps Best Plays Bridge Theatre Brockley Jack Theatre Bruce Norris Bunker Theatre Curve Theatre Europe fosterIANs Hope Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Inua Ellams Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals National Theatre Not-London Omnibus Theatre Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Rachel De-lahay Royal Exchange Sara Bareilles Shakespeare Simon Stephens Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards UK VAULT Festival Watermill Theatre West End

My 10 favourite shows of 2019

I barely saw 250 shows this year, quiet by my standards! And as is the way of…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2019

Review: Small Island, National Theatre

Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island comes to life most beautifully in this adaptation by Helen Edmundson at…

Posted in Annie Baker Blanche McIntyre Bruce Norris Caryl Churchill David Hare Ella Hickson Inua Ellams John Donnelly Katie Mitchell Martin Crimp National Theatre News Theatre

News from the National Theatre Autumn 2018 Press Conference

All sorts of goodies were announced today for the upcoming slate of productions at the National Theatre,…

Posted in RSC Theatre Theatre review West End

Review: Queen Anne, Theatre Royal Haymarket

“Lie down madam and legs apart Now brace yourself for this may smart” Helen Edmundson’s Queen Anne…

Posted in Arthur Miller Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Broadway David Harrower Duncan Sheik Enda Walsh Eugene O'Neill Florian Zeller Ivo van Hove Lucas Hnath Matthew López Mike Bartlett Musicals Not-London Outer Critics Circle Awards Pasek + Paul Sam Shepard Sara Bareilles Stephen Karam Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for 2015-2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award Lindsey Ferrentino, Ugly Lies the Bone Lauren Gunderson, I and You Martyna Majok,…

Posted in Arrows & Traps Brockley Jack Theatre Leo Tolstoy Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Anna Karenina, Brockley Jack

“What happens if you can’t stop?” Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Anna Karenina really is a clever thing….

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals

Album Review: Zorro (Original Cast Recording)

  “Djobi djoba Cada dia te quiero mas” 2008 musical Zorro lasted nine months in the West…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK

Review: Thérèse Raquin, Theatre Royal Bath

“I am yours. Do what you want with me” It is clearly the moment for Thérèse Raquin– a…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2012 UK

Review: Swallows and Amazons, Chichester Festival Theatre

“Better drowned than duffers” Originally a big success for the Bristol Old Vic last Christmas, Swallows and…