Tag: Continental style
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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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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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David Edgar on new writing
Saturday 8th February 2014
blogQuote of the day: “Playwrights and the theatres that produce them should defend …
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Fräulein Julie, Barbican Theatre
Tuesday 30th April 2013
reviewWilkommen Katie Mitchell, with a radical new take on Strindberg’s passionate tal…
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