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How Robert Icke’s ‘The Doctor’ combines 20th-century history with current affairs
A definitive guide to this incendiary, thought-provoking drama, now transferring to the West End. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged almeida theatre, book tickets, cancel culture, guide, identity politics, juliet stevenson, london, london theatre, play, robert icke, the doctor, theatre, west end
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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, christian, class, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, jewish, juliet stevenson, london, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre
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The Doctor leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Robert Icke’s latest to Fleabag, Evita and witchy adventures, here are some of this month’s most eye-catching openings. Don’t forget to check back for BroadwayWorld’s reviews, … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a very expensive poison, alex jennings, alexander litvinenko, alfred enoch, almeida theatre, andrew lloyd webber, appropriate, august, ballet, book, book tickets, branden jacobs-jenkins, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, children, comedy, dance, donmar warehouse, evita, family, fleabag, hansard, holiday, how to get tickets, idris elba, jill murphy, juliet stevenson, kids, kwame kwei-armah, lindsay duncan, london, lucy prebble, matthew bourne, michael john lachiusa, monica dolan, musical, national theatre, new, new adventures, old vic, open air theatre, phoebe waller-bridge, play, queen of the mist, regents park, robert icke, romeo and juliet, sadlers wells, sale, sarah henley, shakespeare, simon woods, summer, the doctor, the worst witch, ticket deal, ticket lottery, top 10, tori allen-martin, tree, vaudeville theatre, visit london, west end, wyndhams theatre, young audience, young vic
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Company leads October’s Top 10 new London shows
From gender-flipped Sondheim to David Hare and Martin McDonagh. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged a very very very dark matter, almeida theatre, autumn, best, book tickets, bridge theatre, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, christmas, company, David Hare, donmar warehouse, drama, eileen atkins, emma rice, florian zeller, football, gay, gielgud theatre, hans christian andersen, hayley atwell, homosexual, i'm not running, ibsen, jim broadbent, jonathan pryce, joshua mcguire, kwame kwei-armah, labour party, london, martin mcdonagh, matthew lopez, measure for measure, musical, national theatre, noel coward theatre, october, old vic, patti lupone, picks, play, politican, politics, robert icke, rosalie craig, sale, sarah delappe, sian brooke, soccer, sondheim, stephen daldry, the height of the storm, the inheritance, the wild duck, the wolves, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, ticket deal, top 10, Twelfth Night, vanessa redgrave, visit london, west end, wise children, wyndhams theatre, young vic
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Picasso, Lady Bird, Mary Stuart and West Cork
On my March MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Exhibition Pablo Picasso’s ‘year of wonders’ graces Tate Modern Film The mother-daughter relationship deftly captured by Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird Theatre Robert Icke’s Mary Stuart presents history as a modern political thriller Commuter corner The latest must-binge true … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, arts, audible, commute, commuter, duke of yorks theatre, elizabeth i, exhibition, film, greta gerwig, juliet stevenson, lady bird, lia williams, london, magazine, mary queen of scots, mary stuart, moveto, moveto town and country, murder, picasso, picasso 1932, play, podcast, review, robert icke, Saoirse Ronan, tate modern, theatre, true crime, visit london, west cork, west end
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Mary Stuart, Duke of York’s Theatre
“Heads.” One word, and one coin toss, decides which roles Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams will play on the night: Mary Queen of Scots, or her rival Elizabeth I. Last night Williams took the latter – the company immediately bowing … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, duke of yorks theatre, elizabeth i, england, juliet stevenson, lia williams, london, mary queen of scots, mary stuart, queen, review, robert icke, royal, schiller, theatre, ticket deal, visit london, west end
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Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre
Following a sold-out Almeida run, Robert Icke’s thoughtfully contemporary take on Shakespeare hits the West End, with its original cast mainly intact (Derbhle Crotty succeeds Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude on 4 July). The big draw, of course, is the superb … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew scott, broadwayworld, hamlet, harold pinter theatre, jessica brown findlay, juliet stevenson, review, robert icke, shakespeare, theatre, trump, west end
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