RSC’s Richard II
Alex Larman witnesses the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard II, “…in a headline-grabbing piece of news, it features David Tennant, and his wig.”
Browsing: Theatre
Spymonkey’s Cooped
It was 10.25 on a Wednesday evening in the Leicester Square theatre, when three men…
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play
“Sex sells – which is presumably why Channel 4 commissioners and London theatre producers are serving up countless salacious offerings for our wanton delectation.”
Strangers on a Train
Laurence Fox and Jack Huston star in this on-stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel and Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece…Strangers on a Train…
Twelve Angry Men
“Reginald Rose’s 1955 play has been something of a standby in the half-century since it was first performed, going through several different versions and interpretations. “
Mozart Deconstructed: McBurney’s Magic Flute
Larry reviews the ENO’s latest production of The Magic Flute, by actor and theatre director, Simon McBurney…
Mrs Lowry and Son
“I am a man who paints. Nothing more nothing less. I paint what I see. I paint how I feel.” Allana reviews the new stage production…
Chin-Chin
“First performed in 1959 to great acclaim, and translated into 19 languages, this Bill Kenwright revival is acted to perfection by Felicity Kendal and Simon Callow.”
Die Fledermaus at the London Coliseum
“An operetta whose characters laugh in the face of convention and drink champagne in the hope of turning their fantasies into realities.”
Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage
“Nunn’s new production of Scenes from a Marriage packs a punch. A really hard punch. So hard was the punch that it packed, I had to have a stiff drink afterwards just to calm my nerves.”
The Only Way is Wyndham’s
“There is nothing subtle about it, Barking in Essex is like being caught in a wind tunnel for two hours and being blasted with a tirade of swearing and abuse…”
Hysteria at Hampstead Theatre
Sigmund Freud meets Salvador Dali in a thought-provoking play at the Hampstead Theatre…