Tag: Victorian age
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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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London Tide, National Theatre
Thursday 18th April 2024
reviewNew play-with-songs version of Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend is a panoramic Victor…
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A Sherlock Carol, Marylebone Theatre
Thursday 30th November 2023
reviewSeasonal Eng Lit mash-up returns with its festive message of forgiveness, but it…
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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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The Corn Is Green, National Theatre
Friday 22nd April 2022
reviewNicola Walker teaches a life lesson in Dominic Cooke’s imaginative revival which…
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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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Pablo Fanque’s afterlife
Tuesday 29th December 2020
blogMy addiction to BBC Radio 4 occasionally results in a welcome surprise.
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Wise Children, York Theatre Royal
Monday 13th April 2020
reviewEmma Rice’s version of Angela Carter’s last novel is a beautifully bizarre celeb…
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