Messy, flawed, slippery: Rosemary Waugh on an intriguing revival of Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 play.
Rosemary Waugh
Articles by Rosemary Waugh
9 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Julie at the National Theatre
31 May - 8 September 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Kristina’s play: Rosemary Waugh reviews Polly Stenham’s adaptation of August Strindberg
3 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Dead Centre’s Hamnet at the Southbank Centre
16 - 28 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Reminder: you’re going to die. Rosemary Waugh reviews Dead Centre’s work about Shakespeare’s son
21 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: As You Like It and Hamlet at Shakespeare’s Globe
Until 26 August 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Shakespeare’s stories: Rosemary Waugh reviews the first productions by the new Globe Ensemble.
20 May 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: The Nature of Why at Mayfest 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh reviews the British Paraorchestra’s new work inspired by the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, as part of Bristol’s Mayfest
14 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Engine Brake at the New Diorama
Touring until 9 June 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Dream on: Rosemary Waugh reviews a new work-in-progess from The Plasticine Men about selling cars to the Indian market
14 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House
10 - 26 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Storybook kings and queens: Rosemary Waugh reviews George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s new opera, directed by Katie Mitchell
10 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Life and Fate at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
8 - 20 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
War and peace: Rosemary Waugh reviews the Maly Theatre of St Petersburg performing Vasily Grossman’s epic work
25 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Writer at the Almeida
14 April - 26 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Right-sized reactions to the world: Rosemary Waugh reviews Ella Hickson’s The Writer
23 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Little Eyolf at the Print Room
Until 21 April 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
The Ibsen-ness of Ibsen: Rosemary Waugh reviews the National Theatre of Norway’s production of Little Eyolf
16 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House
By Rosemary Waugh
Despicable acts: Rosemary Waugh reviews Shostakovich’s opera, based on the same short story that inspired William Oldroyd and Alice Birch’s recent film.
15 April 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Instructions for Correct Assembly at the Royal Court
7 Apr - 19 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
If Amazon Prime delivered families: Rosemary Waugh reviews Thomas Eccleshare’s new play about humanoids and parenting.
2 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews
Review: Free Falling by Hagit Yakira
28 March 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Don’t panic: Rosemary Waugh reviews Free Falling, a double bill of dance works by Hagit Yakira
14 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Foreign Body at Vault Festival 2018
7 - 11 March 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Mirrors and warriors: Rosemary Waugh reviews Imogen Butler-Cole’s work about sexual violence and healing
8 March 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Macbeth at the National Theatre
26 February - 12 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Shopping bags and parcel tape: Rosemary Waugh reviews Rufus Norris’s after-the-war Shakespeare.