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End of the 2010s: BroadwayWorld’s Best Shows of the Decade

Posted on December 8, 2019 by mkmswain

As the 2010s draw to a close, we thought we’d look back at all the incredible theatre of the past decade. What’s been your highlight? Here, BroadwayWorld reviewers share some of theirs! Read the full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Antipodes, National Theatre

Posted on October 31, 2019 by mkmswain

Is this a great time to tell stories, shedding light in dark times? Or is it an impossible task? That’s the loose premise of Annie Baker’s wilfully elusive new piece, featuring the brainstorming session from hell – or possibly about hell, … Continue reading →

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The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 24, 2019 by mkmswain

From Annie Baker to Ealing comedy and a royal reunion. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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John, National Theatre

Posted on January 25, 2018 by mkmswain

Pulitzer-winning American playwright Annie Baker returns to the National – where The Flick was a quiet triumph in 2016 – with another work that is epic in form (three hours and change), but similarly spellbinding in its ability to draw an audience close. Though … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged annie baker, broadwayworld, gettsburg, ghost, haunting, horror, james macdonald, john, june watson, london, love, national theatre, play, relationship, review, theatre | Leave a comment

The Birthday Party leads January’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on January 4, 2018 by mkmswain

From a major Pinter revival to Wilde, Schiller and some exciting transfers. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Flick, National Theatre

Posted on April 20, 2016 by mkmswain

A Pulitzer Prize and numerous walkouts: The Flick, infamously, courts extreme reactions. Yet this latest American import is dedicated to minutiae. In Annie Baker’s slow-burning (three hours-plus), microscopic epic, her lens is trained on ordinary people, mundane tasks, arid pauses … Continue reading →

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Kit Harington, Glenn Close and Timothy Spall Lead April’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on April 5, 2016 by mkmswain

From Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of Marlowe’s Faustus and Glenn Close’s Norma Desmond to Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winner and a new heist farce, here are some of this month’s most eye-catching openings. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Tag Archives: annie baker

The Antipodes, National Theatre

The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

John, National Theatre

The Birthday Party leads January’s Top 10 new London shows

The Flick, National Theatre

Kit Harington, Glenn Close and Timothy Spall Lead April’s Top 10 New London Shows

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