Tag: Continental style
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This Beautiful Future, The Yard Theatre
Saturday 6th May 2017
reviewNew second world war teen love story is adventurous and touching and simply magi…
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The Pulverised, Arcola Theatre
Friday 5th May 2017
reviewNew French play about globalisation and exploitation is powerful, but lacks full…
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Us/Them
Monday 30th January 2017
blogFavourite stage direction: “The Boy and the Girl explain the layout of the build…
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Us/Them, National Theatre
Friday 20th January 2017
reviewBelgium play about the Beslan siege is a triumph of theatrical metaphor and huma…
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Winter Solstice, Orange Tree Theatre
Thursday 19th January 2017
reviewNew play about the civilized face of fascism is fascinating, but also a bit flaw…
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Hedda Gabler, National Theatre
Monday 12th December 2016
reviewTop director Ivo van Hove makes an uneven Southbank debut, preferring visual bea…
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Ophelias Zimmer, Royal Court
Saturday 21st May 2016
reviewFeminist reading of Ophelia is brilliantly written, but its staging is over-elab…
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Battlefield, Young Vic
Friday 5th February 2016
reviewPeter Brook revisits The Mahabharata with more philosophy than politics, and wit…
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Herons, Lyric Hammersmith
Thursday 21st January 2016
reviewUnmoving revival of Simon Stephens’s teen-bully play sacrifices emotional truth …
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