“Set in an ‘institution’ of some description with ‘patients’ referred to only by a series of numbers, The Hothouse is certainly not one of Pinter’s best known plays…”
Theatre
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What an Adventure: Travels with My Aunt
Graham Greene’s classic comedic novel tells the story of dahlia-tending, former bank manager Henry Pulling, who is...
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Passion Play
Supposedly inspired by a couple he knew (a likely story), the English playwright Peter Nichols’ Passion Play...
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Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along does, in fact, roll backwards. But that is the mighty genius of the show, which is currently at...
Hamlet at the RSC
23rd April marked Shakespeare’s 449th birthday, and this anniversary seemed a good opportunity to revisit Stratford, where I hadn’t been since the grand reopening of the RSC’s main theatre in 2011, and saw a very fine staging of Merchant of Venice. This time, we were back for a new production [...]
Read more ›The Weir at The Donmar Warehouse
“The cold wind howled through the delightfully mismatched set up of the pub, and as the characters debated the wind direction outside, more and more of the audience gathered their coats to use as blankets.”
Read more ›The Trial at Shoreditch Town Hall
“I am in a garage in Hoxton on a Tuesday night. On the walls I can see my name scrawled in white chalk alongside other names which have been crossed out. A mound of burnt-out matches lies on the floor, and cowering next to my feet is a bedraggled man shining a torch in his face.”
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