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Constellations, Vaudeville Theatre
In 2012, playwright Nick Payne dazzled audiences with his fiendishly clever play that merges relationship drama with theories about quantum mechanics, superstrings, and the multiverse. Now it’s back in the West End. Read my full London Theatre review here
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Tagged constellations, doctor who, drama, london, nick payne, peter capaldi, play, review, sheila atim, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, zoe wanamaker
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Husbands & Sons, National Theatre
If the thought of three hours of DH Lawrence fills you with dread, fear not. Ben Powers’ inspired melding of Lawrence’s trio of mining plays births a spellbindingly intimate epic with atmosphere thick as the coal dust engulfing this cloistered … Continue reading
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Tagged A Collier’s Friday Night, adaptation, anne-marie duff, ben powers, class, coal, constellations, country, daughter, dh lawrence, dorfman, drama, drink, drunk, east midlands, education, family, husband, husbands and sons, joe armstrong, london, louise brealey, marianne elliott, marriage, mine, miners, mining, money, national theatre, nottinghamshire, pit, play, review, rural, son, strike, the arts desk, The Daughter-in-Law, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, theartsdesk, theatre, village, wife
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Love and physics in a parallel universe
Ever wonder what might have happened if you’d made a different decision? Nick Payne’s ingenious 70-minute play, which has been on tour and to Broadway since its 2012 Royal Court premiere, uses theoretical physics to explore our fascination with the … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, broadway, constellations, dating, death, drama, free will, ham and high, joe armstrong, london, louise brealey, love, marriage, multiverse, nick payne, parallel universe, physics, play, predestination, quantum, review, romance, romcom, royal court, sex, sherlock, sliding doors, stars, the road not taken, theatre, west end
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Constellations, Trafalgar Studios
Life, the universe and everything… in 70 minutes. You certainly can’t fault Nick Payne’s ambition, nor help but admire the dazzling inventiveness of his theoretical physics romcom with a side helping of artisanal beekeeping. Read my full theartsdesk review here
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, constellations, dating, death, drama, fate, free will, grief, honey, if/then, joe armstrong, life, london, loss, louise brealey, love, marriage, michael longhurst, multiverse, nick payne, parallel universe, physics, play, predestination, quantum, review, romance, romcom, royal court, science, sherlock, sliding doors, space, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tom scutt, trafalgar studios, universe, west end
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Skimming the surface
Playwright Nick Payne set an astronomically high standard with last year’s award-winning quantum-physics romcom Constellations, but his follow-up, The Same Deep Water As Me, a jocular dig at the ‘no win, no fees’ claims culture, is disappointingly slight in comparison. Inspired by … Continue reading
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Tagged claims, compensation, constellations, donmar warehouse, evening standard award, ham & high, hampstead, highgate, law, legal, london, nick payne, no win no fee, personal injury, play, review, royal court, the same deep water as me, theatre, west end
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