Tag Archives: john simm

Pinter Five and Pinter Six, Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted on January 6, 2019 by mkmswain

Jamie Lloyd’s star-studded season of short Pinter plays continues with two more intriguing productions: one directed by Patrick Marber, the other by Lloyd himself. Among the subjects this time around are family, miscommunication, class and politics – plus an early … Continue reading →

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Aspects of Love leads January’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mkmswain

From a reborn Andrew Lloyd Webber to Cate Blanchett’s UK stage debut. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Sylvia leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on September 3, 2018 by mkmswain

From a new hip-hop history lesson to Pinter and Shakespeare. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

Posted on March 13, 2018 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in Mike Bartlett’s TV drama Trauma. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on November 24, 2015 by mkmswain

Welcome to the hellmouth. In Jamie Lloyd’s startling 50th anniversary revival, the seething, primal hinterland of Pinter’s domestic conflict is made flesh: the metal cage surrounding an innocuous living room glows a devilish red, sulphur-like smoke belches from the ether, … Continue reading →

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Three Days in the Country, National Theatre

Posted on August 7, 2015 by mkmswain

A month in the country is shortened to 72 hours in Patrick Marber’s sardonic, hazily erotic 135-minute distillation of a Russian classic. The influence of Turgenev’s 1850s country-house tragicomedy on fellow countryman Chekhov is clear, with its aristocratic family suffering … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: john simm

Pinter Five and Pinter Six, Harold Pinter Theatre

Aspects of Love leads January’s Top 10 new London shows

Sylvia leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

BWW Interview: Adrian Lester

The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios

Three Days in the Country, National Theatre

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