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Tag Archives: drama
Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre online
This week’s gem from the Hampstead’s vaults is Howard Brenton’s political drama from 2013, telling the extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story of Cyril Radcliffe and his 1947 mission: to arrange the Partition of India in just five weeks. A tale of battling ideologies, gross colonial arrogance and disregard, … Continue reading
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent. Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Read my full theartsdesk review here
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Tagged coronavirus, drama, edward hall, free, game of thrones, hampstead theatre, home schooling, i and you, IGTV, instagram, lauren gunderson, maisie williams, online, play, poem, poetry, review, shutdown, streaming, teenager, theartsdesk, theatre, walt whitman, YA, young adult, Zach Wyatt
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The Visit, National Theatre
Three years after the National’s enthralling revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, the playwright returns with his new adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s tragicomic 1956 parable – which has also been turned into an Ingrid Bergman-starring film and a Kander and Ebb musical. … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, drama, hugo weaving, lesley manville, london, national theatre, play, review, the visit, tony kushner
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Cyrano de Bergerac leads December’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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The Ultimate Guide to London’s National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre (most commonly known as the National Theatre, or even just the National) is one of the UK’s leading theatres, and an important London landmark. Here’s everything you need to know about this amazing riverside venue. Read … Continue reading
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Theatre loos: The best and the ones to avoid
BroadwayWorld reviewers share their wisdom on theatre loos, in London and beyond – and we offer some sneaky tips to avoid those queues… Read the full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged broadwayworld, comedy, drama, london, loo, musical, play, theatre, toilet, uk, west end
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BWW Interview: Doon Mackichan
The actress discusses David Mamet’s new play Bitter Wheat. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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The Starry Messenger leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
From timely plays to the beginning of open-air theatre season. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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All My Sons leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
From Arthur Miller and Caryl Churchill to Don Quixote and zombie gore. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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