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The Truth, Menier Chocolate Factory
Infidelity, hypocrisy, disillusionment, betrayal – and yet this is by far the lightest of French playwright Florian Zeller’s current London hat trick. Premiering in 2011, and thus sandwiched chronologically between the bleak pair of The Mother (2010) andThe Father (2012), … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, alexander hanson, betrayal, christopher hampton, drama, florian zeller, lie, lindsay posner, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, pinter, play, review, sex, the arts desk, the truth, theartsdesk, theatre, truth
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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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Tagged Alan Ayckbourn, blithe spirit, comedy, communicating doors, crime, david bamber, dickens, dominatrix, drama, farce, faust, hotel, husband, imogen stubbs, lindsay posner, london, menier chocolate factory, murder, noir, paradox, play, rachel tucker, review, s&m, sci fi, science fiction, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, time travel, time warp, wife
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Harvey, Theatre Royal Haymarket
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, repeatedly unfunny Harvey isn’t just a study of madness, but a punishing example of it. Mary Chase’s dusty 1944 farce about a man hallucinating a 6ft 3in rabbit … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, america, american, broadway, comedy, david bamber, delusion, drama, farce, hallucination, harvey, haymarket, ingrid oliver, insane, james dreyfus, lars and the real girl, lindsay posner, london, mad, madness, mary chase, maureen lipman, play, psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize, rabbit, review, second world war, shrink, slapstick, the arts desk, the glass menagerie, the ruling class, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre royal, trafalgar studios, war, wartime, west end, ww2
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Not quite a train wreck but Lohan’s inexperience shows
The onstage action in Lindsay Posner’s much-hyped revival of Speed-the-Plow can’t begin to compete with its offstage drama. Ever since tabloid target Lindsay Lohan’s casting was announced, people have been taking bets on her actually making it to the theatre, … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american, drama, film, hollywood, islington gazette, Kevin Spacey, la, lilo, lindsay lohan, lindsay posner, london, los angeles, mamet, matthew warchus, movie, nigel lindsay, old vic, playhouse theatre, review, richard schiff, speed the plow, tabloid, the west wing, theatre, west end
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Speed-the-Plow
To do Mamet’s work justice, you must be able to deliver dialogue with the speed, skill and breathtaking bravura confidence of Usain Bolt. In Lindsay Posner’s much-hyped but frustratingly sluggish revival at the Playhouse Theatre, only one of three cast … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, america, american, drama, hollywood, la, lilo, lindsay lohan, lindsay posner, london, los angeles, mamet, nigel lindsay, oprah, play, playhouse theatre, rehab, review, richard schiff, speed the plow, tabloid, the arts desk, the west wing, theatre, west end
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