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Peter Kirwan


Peter Kirwan

Peter Kirwan is an editor, reviewer and academic, originally from the Wirral and now based at the University of Nottingham. He specialises in the contemporary performance of early modern drama and is the author of Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha (Cambridge, 2015). He is currently writing a book on Cheek by Jowl, and writes The Bardathon review blog.


Articles by Peter Kirwan


Review: Look Back in Anger at Derby Theatre
11 March 2016
Reviews • Derby • National • Reviews

Review: Look Back in Anger at Derby Theatre

Derby Theatre ⋄ 4th - 26th March 2016
By Peter Kirwan

Peter Kirwan reviews the 60th anniversary production of John Osborne’s work.


Review: Jinny at Derby Theatre
11 March 2016
Reviews • Derby • National • Reviews

Review: Jinny at Derby Theatre

Derby Theatre ⋄ 7th - 23rd March 2016
By Peter Kirwan

Peter Kirwan reviews a reimagining of Look Back in Anger.


Review: Any Means Necessary at Nottingham Playhouse
11 February 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: Any Means Necessary at Nottingham Playhouse

5th – 20th February 2016
By Peter Kirwan

Kefi Chadwick’s new play “painstakingly captures the insidiousness of a lie” in a bold look at the undercover policing scandals in Nottingham.


The Witches
17 December 2015
Reviews • Leicester

The Witches

Curve Theatre ⋄ 9th December 2015 - 17th January 2016
By Peter Kirwan

Very much in the spirit of Dahl.


The Duchess of Malfi
4 November 2015
Reviews • Nottingham

The Duchess of Malfi

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 30th October - 14th November 2015
By Peter Kirwan

Smoke and mirrors.


A Skull in Connemara
28 May 2015
Reviews • Nottingham

A Skull in Connemara

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 22nd May – 6th June 2015
By Peter Kirwan

Blood and bone.


Mermaid
18 March 2015
Reviews • Nottingham

Mermaid

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 16th-21st March 2015
By Peter Kirwan

Fish out of water.


Posh
18 February 2015
Reviews • Nottingham

Posh

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 13th-28th February 2015
By Peter Kirwan

The culture of privilege.


Playland
15 February 2015
Reviews • Derby

Playland

Derby Theatre ⋄ 13th-14th February, then touring
By Peter Kirwan

Hope and fear.


Arcadia
6 November 2014
Reviews • Nottingham

Arcadia

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 31st October - 15th November 2014
By Peter Kirwan

A dance to the music of time.


She Stoops To Conquer
3 November 2014
Reviews • Leeds

She Stoops To Conquer

West Yorkshire Playhouse ⋄
By Peter Kirwan

Delightfully excessive.


The Threepenny Opera
26 February 2014
Reviews • Nottingham

The Threepenny Opera

Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 21st February - 8th March 2014
By Peter Kirwan

Glorious cacophony.


The Beauty Queen of Leenane
23 October 2013
Reviews • Leicester

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Curve Theatre ⋄ 18th October - 9th November 2013
By Peter Kirwan

Bleak and bitter.


The Winter’s Tale
9 October 2013
Reviews • Sheffield

The Winter’s Tale

Crucible Theatre ⋄ 2nd October – 2nd November 2013
By Peter Kirwan

Going through the motions.


Twelfth Night
17 September 2013
Reviews • Leicester

Twelfth Night

Curve Theatre ⋄ 16th - 21st September 2013
By Peter Kirwan

Filter on tour.


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