Tag: playwriting
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Anja Müller and Clare Wallace on David Greig
Friday 17th June 2011
blogI’ve never really understood why playwright David Greig — surely one of the top …
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Pygmalion, Garrick Theatre
Friday 27th May 2011
reviewStarry West End outing for George Bernard Shaw favourite fails to overcome the s…
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Ecstasy, Hampstead Theatre
Tuesday 15th March 2011
reviewMike Leigh’s own revival of his 1979 play is a bit bleak, but also wry and emoti…
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Dominic Cooke on modern classics
Tuesday 1st February 2011
blogThe Royal Court is currently riding high in the popularity stakes, as this inter…
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On culture cuts
Wednesday 26th January 2011
blogAlthough the orthodoxy has been that cuts in arts budgets are bad, for obvious r…
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Bedroom Farce, Duke of York’s Theatre
Wednesday 31st March 2010
reviewPredictable, unchallenging, but sometimes quite good fun, Alan Ayckbourn does it…
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Promises Promises, Soho Theatre
Wednesday 10th March 2010
reviewNew monologue which voices a retired teacher’s concerns about a mute child digs …
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Chris Wilkinson on new writing
Sunday 27th September 2009
blogLast week, Chris Wilkinson’s regular Guardian blog, Noises Off, asked, “When is …
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On Howard Barker
Saturday 19th September 2009
blogThis week, I had the chance to interview top penman Howard Barker, whose latest …
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