Handbagged
Following Peter Morgan’s The Audience last year starring HRH Helen Mirren, and the ‘future history’ production of King…
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King Charles III
Occasionally, in my idler moments, I’m inclined to lament the state of British literature. Playwriting,…
A Small Family Business
Alan Ayckbourn is one of the most prolific playwrights who’s ever lived – quite possibly…
Pygmalion
Taking its name from the Greek myth about a talented sculptor whose statue comes to…
Other Desert Cities
As anyone who has watched their fair share of the saccharine muck that Hollywood churns…
The Perfect Murder
I didn’t expect The Perfect Murder to be funny. The artwork was creepy and the…
Being Shakespeare
Simon Callow gives a remarkable performance detailing Shakespeare’s life and works in seven ages, in a thrilling one-man show at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
A Taste of Honey
With cracking performances, some thoughtful touches and yet no frills, this brings out both the humour and drudgery of its subjects’ lives with thought, care and vitality.
1984 at the Almeida
“Those who enjoy the vicarious thrills of reality TV shows and ever-present social media might well watch it and shiver, knowingly.”
Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins
“Atkins captivates the theatre from start to finish with a robust, intelligent and occasionally impish performance…”
Emilia Fox in Rapture, Blister, Burn
Wearing skin-tight jeans and swigging beer from the bottle, Fox plays Catherine as a sultry yet uptight woman…
The Duchess of Malfi
It’s always exciting to visit a new theatre in London, and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is one of the most ambitious that the capital’s seen in years – quite probably since the opening of its stablemate, the Globe.