“Le Grand Mort feels like the most petite of gestures”: Brendan Macdonald on a disappointing dinner party-based vehicle for Julian Clary.
Reviews
27 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Treasurer at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall calls bullshit at the hell Max Posner reserves for an over-burdened son.
27 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: The Shed Crew at Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds
21 September – 1 October 2017
By Catherine Love
Thatcher’s children: Catherine Love reviews a stage adaptation of Bernard Hare’s Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew.
27 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: One Night Only (running as long as we can) at WP Theater
McGinn/Cazale (WP Theater) ⋄
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck finds unexpected emotion in Monica Bill Barnes’ newest dance-theater work.
26 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mary Jane at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 25th September - 29th October 2017
By Juliet Hindell
Juliet Hindell reviews Amy Herzog’s new play about navigating the US health care system. Side effects may occur.
26 September 2017
Reviews • National • Reviews • Sheffield
Review: Desire Under The Elms at the Crucible, Sheffield
September 21 - October 14
By John Murphy
“It’s impossible not to be drawn into the atmosphere”: John Murphy reviews Sam Yates’ revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic tragedy at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.
26 September 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: The Best Man at the Theatre Royal Brighton
September 26 - September 30
By Tracey Sinclair
Remarkably fresh, depressingly relevant: Tracey Sinclair sees the contemporary parallels in Gore Vidal’s 1960 political thriller about a hard-fought race for The White House.
26 September 2017
Reviews • National • Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
September 15 - October 14
By Geoff Mills
“If Wesley Snipes did Shakespeare…”: Geoff Mills reviews Angus Jackson’s production of Coriolanus, the final instalment in the RSC’s up-and-down Rome season.
26 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: DeadClub at The Place
Until 30th September 2017
By Amelia Forsbrook
Requardt and Rosenberg’s Deadclub “clashes a children’s party with the ticking timebomb of our own inevitable demise”.
26 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Trouble in Mind at the Print Room
14 Sept – 14 October 2017
By Amy Borsuk
“Too long forgotten”: Amy Borsuk reviews the London transfer of Alice Childress’s play.
26 September 2017
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Until 28 October 2017
By Geoff Mills
Never quite sets on fire: Geoff Mills reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Christopher Marlowe.
25 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Ramona Tells Jim at the Bush Theatre
Until 21 October 2017
By Sally Hales
From self-aware 90s moshing to hastily resolved first sex: Sally Hales reviews a coming-of-age story set in the Scottish Highlands.
25 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Ink at Duke of York’s Theatre
By Alice Saville
A loving portrait of an unlovable industry: James Graham’s play about The Sun’s founding days transfers to the West End.
24 September 2017
Reviews • Off-Broadway
KPOP at A.R.T./New York Theatres
ART/New York ⋄ 22nd September - 7th October 2017
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck immerses herself in a full-on simulation of a K-pop “factory” and comes out humming.
22 September 2017
Reviews
Review: Wings at the Young Vic
Until 4 November 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Please don’t send flowers: Rosemary Waugh reviews a revival of Arthur Kopit’s play about recovering from a stroke.