Tag: first world war
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Blasted ethics
Thursday 1st February 2024
writingCan theatre habituate us to extreme violence? Blasted is both a denunciation of …
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About December
Wednesday 30th December 2020
blogYesterday I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Al…
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It Is Easy To Be Dead
Sunday 10th May 2020
blogText of the day: “The shopkeepers are charming.”
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Brexit Is Our Suicide Note
Monday 1st July 2019
writingPlaywright Edward Bond examines the devastating implications of our current poli…
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The Unreturning, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Thursday 17th January 2019
reviewFrantic Assembly’s latest is a moving meditation on war and masculinity — thanks…
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War Horse, National Theatre
Tuesday 13th November 2018
reviewNick Stafford’s sturdy beast rides again — and retains its colt-like freshness a…
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Donmar Warehouse
Tuesday 12th June 2018
reviewNew version of the Muriel Spark classic stars the wonderful Lia Williams, but la…
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Travesties, Menier Chocolate Factory
Tuesday 4th October 2016
reviewTom Hollander stars in fiendishly clever Stoppard classic which argues for the i…
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It Is Easy To Be Dead
Wednesday 6th July 2016
blogText of the day: “England!”
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