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Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, Hampstead Theatre
We’ve had Chess the musical; now, here’s Chess the play. Tom Morton-Smith, who has experience wrestling recent history into dramatic form with the acclaimed Oppenheimer, turns his attention to the 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavík, in which American challenger Bobby Fischer battled the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky. … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, america, bobby fischer, boris spassky, chess, cold war, hampstead theatre, iceland, london, play, ravens, review, soviet union, theartsdesk, theatre, tom morton-smith, world chess championship
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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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Cash Cow, Hampstead Theatre
“How much does she owe us?” So ponder the now estranged parents of a former tennis pro, as they calculate the very literal investment they’ve put into their daughter. This probing new play from Oli Forsyth – well timed for … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, cash cow, child, family, hampstead theatre, london, parents, play, prodigy, professional, queens, review, sport, summer, tennis, theartsdesk, theatre, wimbledon
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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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Tagged amour, andrea levy, ben forster, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, cadogan hall, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, death of a salesman, drama, duke of yorks theatre, edward hall, elizabeth mcgovern, giles terera, hampstead theatre, hayley atwell, henry iv, jude, main men of musicals, matthew broderick, may, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, orpheus descending, our town, play, regents park, rosmersholm, sale, save, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, sharon d clarke, small island, tennessee williams, the starry messenger, theatre, ticket deal, tom burke, top 10, wendell pierce, west end, windrush, wyndhams theatre, young vic
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Cost of Living, Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead hosts the UK premiere of Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which explores – with thoughtful tenderness and a refreshing lack of schmaltz – the relationships between two people with disabilities and their carers. Read my full BroadwayWorld review … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian lester, book tickets, broadwayworld, care, carer, cost of living, disability, disabled, edward hall, hampstead theatre, london, marriage, martyna majok, play, pulitzer, review, theatre
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Aspects of Love leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
From a reborn Andrew Lloyd Webber to Cate Blanchett’s UK stage debut. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged adrian lester, andrew lloyd webber, aspects of love, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, cate blanchett, celia imrie, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, circus, cirque du soleil, cost of living, finborough theatre, hampstead theatre, harold pinter, jane horrocks, january, jeanine tesori, john simm, katie mitchell, leave to remain, london, lyric hammersmith, madalena alberto, martin crimp, martyna majok, musical, national theatre, new, opera, pinter at the pinter, play, pulitzer, royal albert hall, royal opera house, sale, sheila atim, show, southwark playhouse, tchaikovsky, the queen of spades, theatre, ticket deal, time is love, top 10, totem, tracy-ann oberman, tyrone huntley, violet, west end
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Maisie Williams (AKA Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) and Zach Wyatt make superb stage debuts in Edward Hall’s production of American playwright Lauren Gunderson’s work. Caroline, trapped at home due to an unspecified genetic illness, is surprised by schoolmate … Continue reading
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Tagged arya stark, drama, edward hall, game of thrones, ham and high, hampstead theatre, i and you, lauren gunderson, london, maisie williams, play, poet, poetry, review, sick, teenager, theatre, transplant, walt whitman, Zach Wyatt
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The Humans, Hampstead Theatre
Transatlantic theatrical traffic is busier than ever, and now here at the Hampstead is not just Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning play, first seen in 2015, but director Joe Mantello and his full Broadway cast. It seems fitting that they should travel together, since Karam’s work … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, class, drama, family, hampstead theatre, jayne houdyshell, london, money, new york, play, reed birney, review, sarah steele, stephen karam, the humans, theartsdesk, theatre, tony award
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Sylvia leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
From a new hip-hop history lesson to Pinter and Shakespeare. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre
American playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest certainly doesn’t lack for ambition, spanning 90 years, three countries, and mixing history and fiction in its form to make a point about, well, mixing history and fiction. Storytelling through to the pertinent “fake news” … Continue reading
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Tagged ben caplan, berlin wall, broadwayworld, david birrell, describe the night, drama, east germany, fake news, hampstead theatre, isaac babel, kgb, lisa spirling, london, moscow, nikolai yezhov, plane crash, play, poland, propaganda, putin, rajiv joseph, rebecca o'mara, review, russia, secret police, smolensk, soviet, spy, stalin, story, theatre
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