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Posts Tagged ‘Stage’

Ploutos, The Space, stage review: ‘Whimsical romp drawing on Greek folk traditions’

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 12:32

This ‘droll moral parable’ was the first in a series of live plays at the Covid-secure Isle of Dogs theatre

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Coriolanus, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘Famous actors, punchy action and political turmoil’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 8 June 2020 at 13:58

Despite an impressive cast, this production, which is available to watch right now, lacks ‘grandness’

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TOM, Wilkie Branson, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, dance review: ‘Emotional, complex and unique’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 1 June 2020 at 13:42

Part of Sadler’s Wells Theatre’s online archive, this creative piece, put together by digitising 250,000 photographs, offers a ‘message of hope for the arts’

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Treasure Island, National Theatre Live, stage review: ‘All the childhood terror of the book’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 19:15

This ‘masterful’ 2014 adaptation of the famous novel is ‘escapism, pure and simple’

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Jane Eyre, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘Risk-taking spin on a Brontë classic’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 15 April 2020 at 20:09

With theatres closed, more and more shows are moving online. Our reviewer and his dog settled into the sofa to watch this ‘clever’ production at the National

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Revisor, Sadler’s Wells, dance review: ‘Using humour to expose the dark side of imperial bureaucracy’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 16 March 2020 at 12:45

Choreographer Crystal Pite and director Jonathan Young are a ‘partnership made in heaven’

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Coronavirus: Arcola Theatre suspends all performances and appeals for donations

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 March 2020 at 10:09
Nominated: the Arcola Theatre have a chance to win big at The Stage awards. Photograph: Arcola Theatre

The venue in Dalston warns its future is at risk but says it is ‘determined to survive’

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No Show, Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Slices of satire and silliness’

By Phoebe Cooke | Friday 28 February 2020 at 20:52

Christopher Green’s meta play ‘successfully explores the agony of the artist who must bare themselves to a room full of strangers’

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Gut, Barbican, stage review: ‘Thrilling, inquisitive and well-acted’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 11 February 2020 at 14:57

Frances Poet’s ‘razor-sharp’ family drama, performed by Guildhall graduates, avoids ‘black and white simplicity’

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Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 27 January 2020 at 15:32

Tamara von Werthern ‘over the moon’ after picking up the gong at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios this month

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Falling In Love Again, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘Thank goodness it is short’

By Sarah Birch and Peter John | Monday 20 January 2020 at 12:57

Ron Elisha’s new play imagining the night before Edward VIII’s abdication is not a patch on the royal family’s real-life drama

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Marvin Khoo & Temple of Fine Arts, Sadler’s Wells: ‘Exceptional dance company conjures up myth and magic’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 17 December 2019 at 11:46

The Bharatanatyam ensemble dazzled audiences last month as part of Darbar Festival 2019

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The Duchess of Malfi, Almeida Theatre: ‘High-octane take on a surprisingly modern play’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 12 December 2019 at 12:04

John Webster’s early 17th century classic is an ‘object lesson in the iniquity of restrictions on a woman’s sexual conduct’

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The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican Theatre, stage review: ‘Gender reversal offers an ingenious twist’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 21 November 2019 at 14:30

Justin Audibert’s ‘inside-out version’ of Shakespeare’s classic is ‘highly enjoyable’

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Emanuel Gat: Works, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Experimental dance without the pretension’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 15 November 2019 at 18:46

Choreographer Emanuel Gat creates ‘beauty in chaos’ in this collection of pieces

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Vassa, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Classic family drama given a good shake’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 24 October 2019 at 10:05

Maxim Gorky’s dark comedy about power and greed, adapted with aplomb by Mike Bartlett, ‘rings as true today as it did in 1910’

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Ivanov, Barbican Theatre, stage review: ‘A shining cast dimmed by technical flaws’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 23 October 2019 at 13:23

Theatre of Nations brought Anton Chekhov’s first full-length play to London in its original language – but subtitling issues resulted in confusion

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Boy Blue, Barbican Theatre: ‘Hip-hop dance troupe lacking its usual punch’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 9 October 2019 at 15:59

The Olivier Award-winning company’s latest show, REDD, deals with grief and betrayal, but ends up feeling ‘flat and emotionless’

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Hackney Empire boosts youth engagement by 12 per cent in a year

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 30 September 2019 at 14:12

Four thousand youngsters got involved in the theatre’s Creative Futures scheme in 2019, and its annual talent show is set to go global

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‘Alternately sombre and exuberant’: All of Me at the Yard Theatre – review

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 19 September 2019 at 16:47
Caroline Horton in All of Me

‘A wide-ranging reflection on fear, hope, pain, death and the meaning or lack of meaning of life’

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