Tag: 1980s
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Low Level Panic, Orange Tree Theatre
Tuesday 21st February 2017
reviewWell-tuned revival of 1980s feminist comedy is more of a curiosity than a classi…
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The Dresser, Duke of York’s Theatre
Thursday 13th October 2016
reviewGreat work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wall…
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Minefield, Royal Court
Friday 3rd June 2016
reviewSix veterans of both British and Argentinian armies feature in a disappointingly…
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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New York Trilogy
Friday 16th May 2014
blogText of the day: “The question is the story itself, and whether or not it means …
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Mark Ravenhill on A Small Family Business
Saturday 19th April 2014
blogQuote of the day: “Theatre is often great at articulating those moments when a s…
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Two Into One, Menier Chocolate Factory
Wednesday 19th March 2014
reviewVintage Ray Cooney farce from 1984 is fitfully funny, but too conventional to be…
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Can the Brits do better? (New Writing 2013)
Saturday 1st February 2014
writingIn his speech to the Labour Party conference in September 2013, the leader Ed Mi…
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Repeat performance: a new crisis? (New Writing 2012)
Wednesday 1st May 2013
writingIn the YouTube video of ‘Read All About It’ a little boy smashes up his step sis…
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