Tag: farce
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Go Bang Your Tambourine, Finborough Theatre
Thursday 8th August 2019
reviewRare Philip King play tries to turn a farcical situation into a serious drama — …
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Noises Off, Lyric Hammersmith
Tuesday 2nd July 2019
reviewMichael Frayn’s meta-comic masterpiece easily stands the test of time — even whe…
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Karl Marx on history
Saturday 5th May 2018
blogQuote of the day: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts a…
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Daisy Pulls It Off, Park Theatre
Friday 8th December 2017
reviewSpirited revival of 1983 girls’ boarding school classic is a bit too boisterous …
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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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Loot
Thursday 31st August 2017
blogText of the day: “The theft of an article of clothing is excusable.”
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Loot, Park Theatre
Wednesday 23rd August 2017
reviewAnniversary revival of Joe Orton’s black farce about money and death is a deligh…
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Dead Funny, Vaudeville Theatre
Monday 7th November 2016
reviewWest End revival of Terry Johnson’s 1994 masterpiece is a hilarious and stimulat…
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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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