The rationalists have all the fun
December 20, 2013
Robin Ince’s jamboree Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People at Bloomsbury Theatre is an inspirational feast of ideas.
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Messing about in boats
December 18, 2013
Will Tuckett’s adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, combining narration, dance and puppetry, is a slice of theatrical magic.
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Theatre profile: The Albany
December 13, 2013
Programming variety, community engagement and culture with nosh: a prime example of a regional arts centre thriving in difficult times.
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Satisfaction guaranteed
November 22, 2013
Sarah Ruhl’s Pulitzer-nominated In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play offers moving insight and a gleeful, giddy romp.
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Crime capers
October 21, 2013
People Show, the UK’s longest-running alternative theatre company, offers a wonderfully silly whodunit pastiche in The Detective Show at the Old Red Lion.
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Home truths
September 30, 2013
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s latest US import, Nicky Silver’s The Lyons, can’t decide whether it wants to be a meaningful family drama or a corruscating cartoon.
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Life lessons
September 4, 2013
Maureen Chadwick’s existentialist lesbian black comedy, The Speed Twins at Riverside Studios, is heartfelt entertainment, but sacrifices drama for didacticism.
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Dangerous liaisons
August 19, 2013
Playing at Etcetera Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe, Casual Encounters, Andy Moseley’s wife-swapping short, suffers from an excess of genre-hopping.
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Brave new world
July 30, 2013
Alice Birch’s Little on the inside is a thought-provoking Clean Break piece and great example of the Almeida Festival: small-scale work with big ideas.
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