Tag: family drama
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Repeat performance: a new crisis? (New Writing 2012)
Wednesday 1st May 2013
writingIn the YouTube video of ‘Read All About It’ a little boy smashes up his step sis…
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Three Birds, Bush Theatre
Friday 22nd March 2013
reviewThe truth of Janice Okoh’s mix of horror and urban fairy tale is hard to swallow
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Apollo Theatre
Wednesday 13th March 2013
reviewPerfectly pitched adaptation by Simon Stephens of Mark Haddon’s classic tale is …
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The Stepmother, Orange Tree Theatre
Friday 8th February 2013
reviewWell-staged rediscovery of a Githa Sowerby family drama is a clear-sighted accou…
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Port, National Theatre
Monday 28th January 2013
reviewDark revival of Simon Stephens’s depressing play about his hometown is only occa…
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No Quarter, Royal Court
Wednesday 16th January 2013
reviewPolly Stenham’s new play is written on a high, but its production is a bit of a …
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Old Money, Hampstead Theatre
Wednesday 5th December 2012
reviewIs there life after bereavement? This new family drama stars Maureen Lipman — an…
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About Fireface
Sunday 7th October 2012
blogOne of the most notable effects of the upsurge in new writing in Britain in the …
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The Last of the Haussmans, National Theatre
Tuesday 19th June 2012
reviewNew play about the baby-boomer generation stars Julie Walters, but is clichéd an…
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