Tag: Britishness
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Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre Since the Second World War
Friday 29th January 2021
blogYesterday, my latest book was published in paperback.
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Corpse!, Park Theatre
Thursday 5th March 2020
reviewRevival of the celebrated comedy thriller is all plot and few laughs — and it’s …
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You Stupid Darkness!, Southwark Playhouse
Monday 20th January 2020
reviewNew play about optimism is compassionate in conception, but repetitive and frust…
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Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre 1940–2015
Thursday 12th December 2019
blogThis time, I have taken a critical look at about 75 years of British theatre his…
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Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 16th March 2019
blogText of the day: “I fly the flag of the Union from the rooftop of our house.”
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Dark Times: British theatre after Brexit
Tuesday 1st January 2019
writingHow is British theatre coping with the most critical time in the nation’s recent…
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Twelfth Night, Young Vic
Monday 8th October 2018
reviewIs there such a thing as sheer theatrical joy? Yes there is, and it comes from a…
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Holy Shit
Monday 17th September 2018
blogText of the day: “We don’t want to have to do this — it’s the system.”
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Pressure
Wednesday 20th June 2018
blogText of the day: “Ten o’clock in the morning it’s baking hot, the beach is packe…
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