Tag Archives: national theatre

Mosquitoes, National Theatre

Posted on July 26, 2017 by mkmswain

In the immediate, heartbroken aftermath of the EU Referendum, I had some very uncharitable thoughts about the right to vote. Perhaps it should involve some kind of IQ test, or at least a demonstrable ability to tell the difference between … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged belief, brexit, broadwayworld, child, eu, experts, faith, family, international, internet, large hadron collider, london, lucy kirkwood, metropolitan elite, mosquitoes, mother, national theatre, olivia colman, olivia williams, parent, physics, quaker, referendum, review, rufus norris, science, stupid, teenager, theatre, trump | Leave a comment

Grand Designs

Posted on July 4, 2017 by mkmswain

Set designer Bunny Christie talks Curious Incident, People, Places & Things and Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeare Trilogy. Read my full Oryx magazine interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged all female, backstage, bunny christie, design, designer, donmar warehouse, drama, ink, julius caear, kings cross theatre, london, national theatre, oryx magazine, people places and things, phyllida lloyd, play, set designer, shakespeare, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, theatre | Leave a comment

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on June 30, 2017 by mkmswain

From Tennessee Williams and Bob Dylan to royal politics and Adrian Mole. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a tale of two cities, apollo theatre, barbican, bob dylan, book tickets, broadwayworld, cat on a hot tin roof, charles dickens, comedy, f murray abraham, faye marsay, game of thrones, gielgud theatre, girl from the north country, jack o'connell, jez butterworth, jim cartwright, london, menier chocolate factory, michelle fairley, mosquitoes, musical, national theatre, old vic, olivia colman, play, queen anne, regents park open air, road, romola garai, royal court, rsc, sale, sam mendes, shakespeare, sienna miller, simon russell beale, sue townsend, summer, tennessee williams, the ferryman, the mentor, the secret diary of adrian mole, the tempest, theatre, theatre royal haymarket, ticket deal, ticket discount, vaudeville theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Common, National Theatre

Posted on June 7, 2017 by mkmswain

It’s entirely possible that there will one day be a fascinating Heart of Darkness-esque documentary about the making of Common. We can only hope, because the creation of something so extraordinary, so wilfully bewildering, on the National’s biggest stage is … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anne-marie duff, broadwayworld, common, cush jumbo, dc moore, jeremy herrin, john dagleish, london, national theatre, review, theatre | Leave a comment

Annie leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 22, 2017 by mkmswain

From a classic musical and acclaimed Shakespeare to buzzy history plays. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged almeida theatre, andrew scott, annie, arts theatre, audra mcdonald, barber shop chronicles, book tickets, broadwayworld, colin morgan, common, edward fox, gloria, hamlet, hampstead theatre, harold pinter theatre, ink, john betjeman, june, la strada, lady day at emersons bar and grill, london, miranda hart, musical, national theatre, new, play, rotterdam, rupert murdoch, sale, sand in the sandwiches, the other palace, theatre, theatre royal haymarket, ticket deal, top 10, west end, wyndhams theatre | Leave a comment

Salome, National Theatre

Posted on May 10, 2017 by mkmswain

Salome, that dancing seductress who demanded the head of John the Baptist, has been reclaimed by Yael Farber in this new feminist interpretation (the RSC stages Oscar Wilde’s more familiar take next month). Or at least that’s the intention, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bible, broadwayworld, herod, john the baptist, london, national theatre, pontius pilate, review, rome, salome, theatre, yael farber | Leave a comment

Angels in America, National Theatre

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Tony Kushner’s landmark two-part play begins at a funeral, with a rabbi solemnly naming a woman’s surviving relatives; partway through the interminable list of grandchildren, he stops and sighs. It’s a witty opener for a piece that’s epic in every … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aids, andrew garfield, angels in america, broadwayworld, denise gough, donald trump, eighties, gay, homosexual, london, marianne elliott, nathan lane, national theatre, reagan, review, russell tovey, theatre, tony kushner | Leave a comment

Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 2, 2017 by mkmswain

From new takes on Brecht and Büchner to Jez Butterworth’s latest and a classic musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged best, book tickets, brecht, comedy, danny mac, donmar warehouse, duke of yorks theatre, felicity kendal, hampstead theatre, hitler, jack thorne, jez butterworth, joe wright, john boyega, lee hall, lenny henry, lettice and lovage, life of galileo, london, maureen lipman, may, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, occupational hazards, old vic, on the town, our ladies of perpetual succour, play, regents park, royal court, salome, sam mendes, star wars, the ferryman, the resistible rise of arturo ui, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, trevor nunn, trump, west end, woyzeck, young vic | Leave a comment

Angels in America leads April’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on April 5, 2017 by mkmswain

From a mammoth Tony Kushner revival to an unusual Romeo and Juliet and tap-happy musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 42nd Street, andrew garfield, angels in america, april, barbican, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, bush theatre, city of glass, comedy, consent, damian lewis, duncan sheik, globe, guards at the taj, jude law, lily cole, london, lyric hammersmith, matt berry, musical, national theatre, obsession, picks, rape, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, sheena easton, simon bird, the goat or who is sylvia, the other palace, the philanthropist, theatre, top 10, west end, whisper house | Leave a comment

Consent, National Theatre

Posted on April 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Amidst the middle-class small talk between two couples, one reeling from the arrival of a new baby, comes a shocking confession: “I’ve been raping pensioners.” What kind of monsters are we dealing with here? Well, legal ones – it’s barrister … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged affair, anna maxwell martin, barrister, ben chaplin, broadwayworld, consent, justice, law, legal, london, marriage, national theatre, nina raine, rape, review, Roger Michell, sex, theatre | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: national theatre

Mosquitoes, National Theatre

Grand Designs

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Common, National Theatre

Annie leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Salome, National Theatre

Angels in America, National Theatre

Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

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