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The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on October 8, 2017 by mkmswain

A year after premiering acclaimed French playwright Florian Zeller’s The Truth, London’s Menier Chocolate Factory now hosts The Lie – which, as the name suggests, acts as a companion piece of sorts. Once again, we’re in a slippery Pinteresque realm, the seemingly conventional domestic set-up teasingly deconstructed … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged affair, alexander hanson, cheating, christopher hampton, fact, fake news, florian zeller, french, husband, lie, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, paris, review, samantha bond, sex, the lie, theatre, tony gardner, trust, truth, wife | Leave a comment

Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

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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The Armour, The Langham Hotel

Posted on March 7, 2015 by mkmswain

The Langham has marked its 150th anniversary in theatrical fashion by commissioning an original drama spanning several decades – and floors – from emerging company Defibrillator, whose Tennessee Williams trio at this venue impressed last year. Now Ben Ellis checks … Continue reading →

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Through the keyhole

Posted on April 9, 2013 by mkmswain

Someone enters a strange house. Observes a family. Influences their actions. Toys with their emotions. Gathers their secrets and whispers them to the world. Voyeur? Stalker? Unfeeling sociopath? Or just a writer? This is the delicious premise of François Ozon’s … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: french

The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory

Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia

The Armour, The Langham Hotel

Through the keyhole

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