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Miriam Gillinson


Miriam Gillinson

Miriam writes theatre reviews for Time Out High and her own blog, Sketches on Theatre. She writes about children's theatre for the Guardian and is a senior reader for Sonia Friedman Productions and a Quality Assessor for The Arts Council.


Articles by Miriam Gillinson


Review: Fatherland at the Lyric Hammersmith
4 June 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews

Review: Fatherland at the Lyric Hammersmith

By Miriam Gillinson

Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham’s interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually.


Review: Mayfly at the Orange Tree Theatre
24 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews

Review: Mayfly at the Orange Tree Theatre

April 19 - May 26
By Miriam Gillinson

It’s the little stuff that counts: Joe White’s debut is another special play from a special theatre.


Review: My First Ballet: Swan Lake at the Peacock Theatre
6 April 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews

Review: My First Ballet: Swan Lake at the Peacock Theatre

March 29 - April 7
By Miriam Gillinson

What might’ve been: the ENB’s Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.


Review: Caroline, or Change at the Hampstead Theatre
22 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews

Review: Caroline, or Change at the Hampstead Theatre

March 12 - April 21
By Miriam Gillinson

You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst’s Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.


Review: Buggy Baby at The Yard
14 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Buggy Baby at The Yard

7 - 31 March 2018
By Miriam Gillinson

Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz’s new play involving a giant talking baby.


Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre
7 February 2018
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre

27 January - 7 April 2018
By Miriam Gillinson

Heart-ache: Miriam Gillinson reviews the West End transfer of Richard Eyre’s production of Eugene O’Neill.


Review: Pinocchio at the National Theatre
14 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Pinocchio at the National Theatre

Until 10 April 2018
By Miriam Gillinson

It’s mad. It’s ambitious. It’s silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre’s stage version of Pinocchio.


Review: Beginning at the National Theatre
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Beginning at the National Theatre

4 October - 14 November 2017
By Miriam Gillinson

A very lovely play in lots of very lovely ways: Miriam Gillinson reviews David Eldridge’s new play about the start of a relationship.


Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre
28 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre

Until 21 October 2017
By Miriam Gillinson

Here is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.


Review: Against at the Almeida
21 August 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Against at the Almeida

12 August - 30 September 2017
By Miriam Gillinson

Trying to be big and brilliant: Miriam Gillinson reviews Christopher Shinn’s new play about a tech billionaire on a mission.


First Drafts at The Yard Theatre
6 August 2017
Features

First Drafts at The Yard Theatre

By Miriam Gillinson

Miriam Gillinson discovers some intriguing beginnings at The Yard’s festival of bold, untested new work.


Review: Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic
29 July 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic

8 July - 7 October 2017
By Miriam Gillinson

Stuff – just – happens: Miriam Gillinson reviews Conor McPherson’s new play based around Bob Dylan songs.


Review: Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre
23 June 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre

15 June – 22 July 2017
By Miriam Gillinson

It’s all me, me, me: Miriam Gillinson reviews Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play set in the publishing industry.


Review: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet at Little Angel Theatre
8 May 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews

Review: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet at Little Angel Theatre

April 22 - July 16
By Miriam Gillinson

My first theatre trip: Miriam Gillinson takes her two-year-old nephew to see Little Angel’s adaptation of Anna Kemp’s children’s book, and goes just a little bit bonkers.


Review: The Ferryman at the Royal Court
4 May 2017
Reviews

Review: The Ferryman at the Royal Court

By Miriam Gillinson

The future is snuffed out by the past: Miriam Gillinson reviews Jez Butterworth’s epic new Irish family saga.


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