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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Communicating Doors, Menier Chocolate Factory
Genre mixing is a perilous business. Successful hybrids use duelling forms to re-contextualise or revolutionise; others wind up fatally diluting their disparate elements. Ayckbourn’s 1994 sci fi comedy thriller – featuring, at its nadir, a farcical defenestration mistaken for a … Continue reading
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Evening with Nunn’s Lady is pleasurable and provocative
The incendiary power of A Doll’s House remains indisputable, but less well known is another late-19th-century drama featuring a young woman torn between risky independence and unhappy domesticity. Oscar Wilde’s effervescent Lady Windermere’s Fan differs vastly in tone, but Ruby … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, a doll's house, ibsen, imogen stubbs, islington, islington gazette, kings head, lady windermeres fan, london, music, oscar wilde, play, review, song, theatre, trevor nunn
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Dark night of the soul
With David Suchet hanging up his waxed moustache, the best place to get your whodunit kicks is now the West End, either in form of genuine thriller The Woman in Black or glorious movie pastiche The 39 Steps. Adding to their number is … Continue reading
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Tagged agatha christie, crime, david suchet, film, hitchcock, imogen stubbs, jack huston, laurence fox, lewis, london, miranda raison, movie, murder, patricia highsmith, poirot, review, spooks, strangers on a train, the 39 steps, theatre, thriller, train, west end, woman in black
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Till death us do part
First, a word of warning: if you’re looking for a great first-date outing or anniversary treat, steer clear of Scenes from a Marriage. Judging by the gasps of recognition, embarrassed laughter and knowing glances stealthily exchanged, Joanna Murray-Smith’s theatrical adaptation … Continue reading
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