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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
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Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia
At its best, theatre doesn’t just communicate ideas or invite distanced empathy. It completely immerses us in the experience of another human being. Florian Zeller won France’s top drama prize, the Molière Award, for 2014 play The Father, and Christopher … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimers, care, carer, christopher hampton, claire skinner, daughter, dementia, drama, family, father, florian zeller, france, french, ham and high, hampstead, highgate, kenneth cranham, king lear, london, paris, pinter, play, review, the father, theatre, tricycle theatre
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The Father, Tricycle Theatre
André is losing time. It’s not just his perennially mislaid watch, but whole hours, weeks, years. Is he still living in his Paris flat, or did he move in with his daughter Anne? Is she married, divorced, leaving the country … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimers, award, bath, care, carer, child, christopher hampton, claire skinner, dad, daughter, dementia, drama, father, five star, flat, florian zeller, france, grief, ill, kenneth cranham, king lear, lear, london, loss, memory, moliere, nurse, paris, pinter, play, review, sick, the arts desk, the father, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre
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