Tag: history plays
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Best of Enemies, Young Vic
Wednesday 15th December 2021
reviewJames Graham’s latest history play has an eye on the present but a messy staging
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The Mirror and the Light, Gielgud Theatre
Thursday 7th October 2021
reviewHilary Mantel and Ben Miles perform a labour of love that has many virtues, even…
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Camp Siegfried, Old Vic
Thursday 23rd September 2021
reviewBess Wohl’s history play is an imaginatively-written, brilliantly chilling and r…
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Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
Thursday 2nd September 2021
reviewPoetic play about enslaved peoples and Victorian painter JMW Turner has strong m…
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Out West, Lyric Hammersmith
Friday 25th June 2021
reviewAmbitious triptych examines the themes of Empire, race and parenthood, but the s…
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The Band Plays On, Sheffield Theatres
Tuesday 16th March 2021
reviewLatest show from Chris Bush is a celebration of local stoicism and wry humour — …
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The Madness of George III, Nottingham Playhouse
Thursday 11th June 2020
reviewNT Live version of this 2018 revival of the Alan Bennett history classic stars M…
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The Gift, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Thursday 30th January 2020
reviewNew touring play from Eclipse is a wonderfully complex and emotionally powerful …
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The Welkin, National Theatre
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
reviewMaxine Peake struggles to make the voice of reason heard in a rather reactionary…
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