Tag: playwriting
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The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 16th December 2024
reviewTom Stoppard’s classic evocation of Victorian golden age Oxford stars Simon Russ…
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A Christmas Carol, Old Vic
Wednesday 20th November 2024
reviewTidings of discomfort and noise: this venue’s annual festive classic is joyous, …
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Reykjavik, Hampstead Theatre
Friday 25th October 2024
reviewDrama frozen in the Arctic wastes of detail: Richard Bean’s new play revisits th…
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Brace Brace, Royal Court
Wednesday 9th October 2024
reviewNew play about the consequences of a plane hijack is energetic but unconvincing …
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The Real Ones
Monday 30th September 2024
blogFavourite stage direction: “A memory.”
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The Lightest Element, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 16th September 2024
reviewOccasionally engrossing, but fragmentary, new play about political and gender pr…
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Our Country’s Good, Lyric Hammersmith
Wednesday 11th September 2024
reviewSpirited revival of the slightly updated Timberlake Wertenbaker classic is let d…
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The Real Thing, Old Vic
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
reviewSpirited and highly enjoyable revival of Tom Stoppard’s semi-autobiographical lo…
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The Literary Gaze
Sunday 1st September 2024
writingHere is a sample from the introduction to my latest book about postwar British t…
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