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Tag Archives: highgate
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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Comedy about lesbians’ quest for a child needs to be more daring
How enlightened are we when it comes to unconventional families? Ben Ockrent’s topical piece suggests there are variations that still have the power to shock, but Breeders, though frank and funny, is ultimately too nice to do its provocative subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Griffin, baby, breeders, child, conception, drama, family, gay, ham and high, hampstead, highgate, homosexual, ivf, Jemima Rooper, lesbian, london, mother, parent, parenting, pop song, review, sperm donor, st james theatre, sweden, swedish, tamara harvey, Tamzin Outhwaite, theatre, vicky graham, victoria
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Solid Miller is lacking darkness
‘It’s gonna rain tonight,’ predicts All My Sons protagonist Joe Keller. As one, the Regent’s Park audience turned their gaze to a threatening sky. Thankfully, we were spared a deluge, but it highlighted a problem with this venue. Arthur Miller’s masterful study of corrosive … Continue reading
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Tagged all my sons, america, arthur miller, drama, ham and high, hampstead, highgate, london, pilot, plane, play, rain, regents park, regents park open air, review, second world war, theatre, weather, world war two, ww2
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Verse drama about deception is incoherent
How apt that Peter Oswald’s play should coincide with Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. Undoubtedly, the Bard is a touchstone for this unwieldy epic. And yet the comparison does Lucifer Saved at the Lion & Unicorn no favours. The master communicates universal themes … Continue reading
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Tagged 450th, anniversary, army, birthday, circus, clown, globe theatre, ham & high, hampstead, highgate, jeremy kyle, juggler, lion and unicorn, london, lucifer saved, north london, peter oswald, play, review, shakespeare, theatre, verse, war, world war two, ww2
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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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