Corrie Tan finds that “Shepard’s 1985 text still glitters with despair and devastation.”
OWE & Fringe
9 May 2017
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Review: Madame Rubinstein at the Park Theatre
April 26 - May 27
By B. L. Sherrington
Serious issues, plenty of humour: B. L. Sherrington is all made up by John Misto’s new three-handed comedy about two pioneers of the cosmetics industry.
8 May 2017
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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.
1 May 2017
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Review: Home Truths at The Bunker
April 17 - May 13
By Gillian Greer
Demands to be heard: Gillian Greer, sustained only by artisanal fudge, sees nine plays in one day as part of Cardboard Citizens’ incomplete history of housing.
1 May 2017
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Review: While We’re Here at the Bush Theatre
May 1 - May 27
By Gillian Greer
The past is a strange country: Gillian Greer admires the gentle craftsmanship of Barney Norris’ new two-hander, the inaugural production in the Bush’s new studio space.
30 April 2017
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Review: City of Glass at Lyric Hammersmith
21 Apr ‐ 20 May 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Searching for meaning among the chaos: Eleanor Turney reviews Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of Paul Auster’s book.
24 April 2017
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Review: Spring Offensive at Clapham Omnibus Theatre
April 18 - April 30
By Francesca Street
Uneven, albeit thought-provoking: Victoria Willing’s new three-hander gets lost on the battlefields of the Somme, says Francesca Street.
20 April 2017
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Review: Guards at the Taj at the Bush Theatre
April 7 - May 20
By David Ralf
A stage awash with blood and smoke: David Ralf delves into the uneasy moralities at play in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Rajiv Joseph’s brutal two-hander.
15 April 2017
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Review: Betroffenheit at Sadler’s Wells
11 - 12 April 2017
By Anna Winter
“A profoundly imaginative, sad and humorous exploration of agony and loss, of meaning and its absence”. Anna Winter reviews Crystal Pite’s dance-theatre piece.
14 April 2017
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Review: The Plague at the Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 5 April - 6 May 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
Neil Bartlett brings to life “infuriating bureaucratic non-speak” in his adaptation of Albert Camus’s La Peste.
11 April 2017
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Review: I Capture the Castle at Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Palace Theatre ⋄ March 31 - April 22
By B. L. Sherrington
The idealism of childhood dreams: B. L. Sherrington finds love in this musical adaptation of Dodie Smith’s 1948 novel.
7 April 2017
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Review: Early Adventures at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 3 - 8 April 2017
By Anna Winter
Like Brideshead without the grief: Anna Winter reviews a revival of Matthew Bourne’s younger creations.
6 April 2017
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Review: The Lottery of Love at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ March 30th - May 13th
By Sally Hales
The Joe Hill-Gibbins Problem: Sally Hales reflects on Marivaux’s eighteenth-century rom-com.
4 April 2017
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Review: Posh at Pleasance Theatre
Pleasance Theatre ⋄ 29th March - 22nd April
By Fergus Morgan
Old habits die hard: Fergus Morgan reviews Cressida Carrré’s all-female production of Posh.
3 April 2017
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Review: Sea Fret at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion ⋄ 28 March - 22 April 2017
By Arjun Sajip
A wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea: Arjun Sajip reviews Tallulah Brown’s new play at the Old Red Lion.