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The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory
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
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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 Armour, The Langham Hotel
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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