Carmen Disruption
Chimerica, King Charles III, and 1984 are some of the plays that have established the…
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A Mad World, My Masters
The National’s 2011 hit One Man, Two Guvnors was one of the most enjoyable evenings…
The Hard Problem
Expectations could not have been higher for Tom Stoppard’s new play. It represents a series…
Man and Superman
In his final season as artistic director of the National Theatre, it’s as if Nick…
The History Boys
Alan Bennett’s wise, witty play about schoolboys, education and sex was first staged at the…
Arcadia
After the truly shattering disappointment of Tom Stoppard’s newest play, The Hard Problem, it was…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
If Pedro Almodóvar’s film of the same name hadn’t been quite such a success, I’m…
Taken at Midnight
It’s unlikely that you would have heard of Hans Litten. Up until a few years…
The Ruling Class
Second-or-third rate productions of first-rate plays are, regrettably, an all too common occurrence in London…
Merlin in Northampton
Theatre for children is no small undertaking. Nick Hammond applauds a new play in a…
The Railway Children at King’s Cross
First produced by York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum, York in 2008, I…