Tag: Richard Bean
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One Man, Two Guvnors, National Theatre
Thursday 2nd April 2020
reviewNT Live’s excellent film of this masterpiece of farce is now available for free …
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Brief Notes Towards a Definition of Leftfield Theatre
Wednesday 1st April 2020
writingCan the stranglehold of naturalism and social realism in British theatre ever be…
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Young Marx
Saturday 6th January 2018
blogText of the day: “This villain may be highly dangerous, so if you see him, appro…
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Young Marx
Monday 11th December 2017
blogText of the day: “I tried to change the world, I failed, but I will transform Pa…
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Young Marx, Bridge Theatre
Wednesday 25th October 2017
reviewBrand-new London theatre from the two Nicks is wonderful, but its first show is …
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While We’re Here, Bush Theatre
Monday 1st May 2017
reviewNew play by Barney Norris is a 70-minute two-hander which is both extremely subt…
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Unreachable, Royal Court
Friday 15th July 2016
reviewAnthony Neilson’s newly devised piece is both a comic masterpiece and a disappoi…
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Whatever happened to in-yer-face theatre?
Friday 1st April 2016
writingOne from the archives: the turbulent life and times of a Critic adrift on the ch…
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The Mentalists, Wyndham’s Theatre
Monday 13th July 2015
reviewWest End revival of an early Richard Bean comedy stars Stephen Merchant, but doe…
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