Tag: history plays
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The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre
Thursday 8th February 2024
reviewJez Butterworth’s warm evocation of 1950s pop culture is fun, but lacks dramatic…
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Rock ’N’ Roll, Hampstead Theatre
Friday 15th December 2023
reviewNina Raine’s revival of Tom Stoppard’s 2006 epic soars, but also stumbles — exci…
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Hamnet, Garrick Theatre
Thursday 19th October 2023
reviewLolita Chakrabarti’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller about Shakespea…
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The Flea, The Yard Theatre
Tuesday 17th October 2023
reviewHistory play gives an imaginatively queer reading of the Cleveland Street Scanda…
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The Empress, Lyric Hammersmith
Thursday 12th October 2023
reviewRevival of Tanika Gupta’s epic history play, which crosses classes in Victorian …
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Operation Epsilon, Southwark Playhouse
Thursday 21st September 2023
reviewLondon premiere of Alan Brody’s award-winning 2013 history play, the alternative…
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Tanika Gupta on The Empress
Sunday 17th September 2023
blogImperial history: Tanika Gupta’s The Empress (RSC) blends the true story of Quee…
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The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre
Friday 15th September 2023
reviewAnupama Chandrasekhar’s epic Indian history play about Gandhi’s murderer is both…
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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless, Donmar Warehouse
Monday 3rd July 2023
reviewJack Thorne’s new play about the early BBC informs and educates, but does not re…
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