Earthquakes In London is a sprawling mess that parades its wears like a fashion show but lacks heart. Whilst I need to preface this response as one that’s been taken from a preview performance, I can’t get away from the thought that Earthquake’s In London is a mess. By attempting to tackle apocalyptic environmental and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘National Theatre’
Razzle Dazzle ‘em. And they’ll make you a star!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American theatre, August: Osage County, National Theatre, Steppenwolf, Tracy Letts on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the beginning of the year I headed to the National for the highly acclaimed Broadway Production of August: Osage County in which Tracy Letts dissects the good old American staple of discordant family life. This is a show which truly dazzles and true to Steppenwolf’s vibrant, energetic and ‘in yer face’ acting style, the [...]
Exeunt Critics’ Picks of 2011
Posted in Comment, tagged Arcola, Barbican, Bishopsgate Institute Library, Bristol Old Vic Studio, Bush Theatre, Cambridge Theatre, Carmel Doohan, Chichester Festival Theatre, Clybourne Park, Daniel B Yates, Ectasy, Every Rendition on a Broken Machine, Exeunt, Fanta Orange, Finborough Theatre, Forest Fringe, Going Dark, Hamlet, Hampstead Theatre, Jay Miller, Jerusalem, Julia Rank, Landor Theatre, Landscape/Monologue, Lines, Lois Jeary, London Road, Lyric Hammersmith, Made In China, Matilda, Mission Drift, Much Ado About Nothing, Natasha Tripney, National Theatre, Neil Dowden, One Man Two Guvnors, Ragtime, Rosemary Branch Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Saved, Schaubuhne Berlin, She Loves Me, She She Pop and Their Fathers: Testament, Stationary Excess, Stewart Pringle, The Church of St Thomas The Martyr, The Guild of Cheesemakers, The Quiet Volume, The Seagull, The Village Bike, The Wild Bride, The Yard, this is where we got to when you came in, Tom Philips, Tracey Sinclair, Traverse Theatre, Ustinov Theatre, Young Vic on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
LOTS of fabulous picks here by some people who really know their stuff including some expected and not so expected pieces. Wish I could have mentioned London Road, wish I could have seen Mission Drift… Originally published on Exeunt Of course we are wary of the arbitrary nature of these things, the artificiality of seasons, [...]
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