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Tag Archives: rural
The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre
Where else can you find a spot-on impression of a dog who thinks she’s a cockerel? That’s just one member of the menagerie conjured by the extraordinary Mikel Murfi, who also summons chickens, bees, seagulls, pigs, sheep and a dying … Continue reading
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Tagged church, drama, ham and high, ireland, irish, london, love, Mikel Murfi, play, review, rural, seventies, sligo, the man in the womans shoes, theatre, tricycle theatre
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Husbands & Sons, National Theatre
If the thought of three hours of DH Lawrence fills you with dread, fear not. Ben Powers’ inspired melding of Lawrence’s trio of mining plays births a spellbindingly intimate epic with atmosphere thick as the coal dust engulfing this cloistered … Continue reading
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Tagged A Collier’s Friday Night, adaptation, anne-marie duff, ben powers, class, coal, constellations, country, daughter, dh lawrence, dorfman, drama, drink, drunk, east midlands, education, family, husband, husbands and sons, joe armstrong, london, louise brealey, marianne elliott, marriage, mine, miners, mining, money, national theatre, nottinghamshire, pit, play, review, rural, son, strike, the arts desk, The Daughter-in-Law, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, theartsdesk, theatre, village, wife
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Uncle Vanya, St James Theatre
Purists may take issue with Anya Reiss’s incursion into the classics – having already tackled The Seagull and Three Sisters, she’s now turned her dogged 21st-century gaze on Uncle Vanya – but Reiss’s adaptation, though fresh and punchy, in fact is … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, anya reiss, chekhov, country, dick van dyke, drama, eco, family, farm, feminism, green, john hannah, london, modern, overpopulation, play, resources, review, rural, russia, russian, st james theatre, the arts desk, the seagull, theartsdesk, theatre, three sisters, uncle vanya, updating
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