Tag: Samuel West

Posted in Noël Coward Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Present Laughter, Radio 4

“There’s something awfully sad about happiness isn’t there” Casting is everything and Celia de Wolff hits the…

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Review: Uncle Vanya, Vaudeville Theatre

“Damn this old age, it’s so vile and repulsive” Revivals of classics often find themselves caught between…

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DVD Review: Cambridge Spies

“Ponces and spies, Anthony. The people with most to hide never have moustaches.” In retrospect, I can’t…

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Review: A Number, Menier Chocolate Factory

“You think I wouldn’t know if I was your father?” This production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number…

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2010 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Enron by Lucy Prebble – Royal Court / Noël Coward Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth…

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2010 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Rachel Weisz – A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse  Alison Steadman – Enjoy at…

Posted in Alexi Kaye Campbell Evening Standard Theatre Awards Jez Butterworth Katori Hall Lucy Prebble Musicals Simon Stephens Theatre Theatre awards

The 2009 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Actor Simon Russell Beale, The Winter’s Tale Mark Rylance, Jerusalem Ken Stott, A View From the Bridge Samuel West, Enron…

Posted in Lucy Prebble Royal Court Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2009

Review: Enron, Royal Court

Premiered this summer in Chichester and now making the move to Sloane Square’s Royal Court, Lucy Prebble’s…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Harley Granville Barker Theatre

Review: Waste, Almeida Theatre

Waste, a play by Harley Granville Barker, is another one of those plays that was banned when…