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The Real Inspector Hound, Lockdown Theatre Online
Critics generally have a bad time of it in drama. Think of the poisonous Tabitha Dickinson in Birdman, the manipulative Addison DeWitt in All About Eve, or the aptly named Anton Ego in Ratatouille. Read my The i Paper review
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The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory
A year after premiering acclaimed French playwright Florian Zeller’s The Truth, London’s Menier Chocolate Factory now hosts The Lie – which, as the name suggests, acts as a companion piece of sorts. Once again, we’re in a slippery Pinteresque realm, the seemingly conventional domestic set-up teasingly deconstructed … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, alexander hanson, cheating, christopher hampton, fact, fake news, florian zeller, french, husband, lie, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, paris, review, samantha bond, sex, the lie, theatre, tony gardner, trust, truth, wife
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Razzle-dazzle treatment leaves smile on your face
Yet another classic film-turned-musical hits the West End with the arrival of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but unlike recent turkey Fatal Attraction, this story of conmen peddling tall tales to heiresses in a fantasy French Riviera is ripe for the razzle-dazzle … Continue reading
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