Tag: age of austerity
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The Constituent, Old Vic
Thursday 27th June 2024
reviewJoe Penhall’s latest is a timely look at the conflict between a local MP and a t…
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Is Love a Drug? Lucy Prebble’s The Effect
Tuesday 1st August 2023
writingOne of the most important characteristics of contemporary British new plays is t…
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Ravenscourt, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday 6th October 2022
reviewNew play about therapy is powerfully emotional, but sadly predictable and not re…
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All of Us, National Theatre
Monday 8th August 2022
reviewComedian Francesca Martinez’s debut play about disability politics is both revel…
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About The Shit
Thursday 21st April 2022
blogYesterday, I went over to the wonderful Bush theatre to watch BAFTA-nominated Ke…
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Dan Hutton on a civic theatre
Friday 2nd July 2021
blogQuote of the day: “Towards a Civic Theatre is, as its name denotes, an attempt m…
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The Madness of George III
Monday 15th June 2020
blogText of the day: “But how they will spend!”
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Bollocks to Brexit!
Monday 1st April 2019
writingThe artistic director of Forced Entertainment theatre company makes a heartfelt …
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I’m Not Running, National Theatre
Tuesday 9th October 2018
reviewDavid Hare’s latest is set in an alternative reality that is more 2008 than 2018
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