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Brendan Macdonald



Articles by Brendan Macdonald


Review: Freud’s Last Session, King’s Head Theatre
25 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Freud’s Last Session, King’s Head Theatre

18th January - 12th February
By Brendan Macdonald

Talking cure: Brendan Macdonald reviews a new production of Mark St Germain’s play that imagines an encounter between Sigmund Freud and Lewis Carroll.


Review: The 4th Country, Park Theatre
16 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The 4th Country, Park Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

Anxieties of authorship: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kate Reid’s play, which explores representations of Northern Ireland through ‘an engaging and poignant drama’.


Review: Holiday Sauce…Booster! (Barbican, online)
22 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Holiday Sauce…Booster! (Barbican, online)

By Brendan Macdonald

‘A heady, carousing festive fantasy’: Brendan Macdonald reviews Taylor Mac’s virtual vaudeville.


Review: A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) at Royal Court Theatre
20 December 2021
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Review: A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) at Royal Court Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

“Odd and unflinching”: Brendan MacDonald reviews Pablo Manzi’s deft study of violence, loneliness, banality, and community.


Review: The Four Quartets at Harold Pinter Theatre
11 December 2021
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Review: The Four Quartets at Harold Pinter Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

Blunt theatricality: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ralph Fiennes’ performance of a modern classic.


Review: little scratch at Hampstead Theatre
19 November 2021
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Review: little scratch at Hampstead Theatre

5th November - 11th December
By Brendan Macdonald

Unspoken thoughts: Brendan Macdonald writes on a sonically rich adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s stream of consciousness novel.


Review: Last Gasp – Recalibration by Split Britches at Barbican
27 October 2021
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Review: Last Gasp – Recalibration by Split Britches at Barbican

By Brendan Macdonald

How to write a review: Brendan Macdonald drafts some instructions for writing about Split Britches’ latest performance.


Review: Yellowfin at Southwark Playhouse
19 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Yellowfin at Southwark Playhouse

13th October - 6 November
By Brendan Macdonald

Something fishy going on: Brendan Macdonald writes on Marek Horn’s ‘delightful’ ecological satire exploring the human desire to know.


Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
18 October 2021
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Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

Superb and surprising: Brendan Macdonald falls under the spell of Yaël Farber’s take on Macbeth.


Review: What If If Only by Caryl Churchill, at Royal Court Theatre
8 October 2021
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Review: What If If Only by Caryl Churchill, at Royal Court Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

Acts of tireless creation: Brendan Macdonald reviews Caryl Churchill’s latest exercise in exacting miniature.


Review: NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre
20 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre

20 September - 9 October
By Brendan Macdonald

Rich tapestry: Brendan Macdonald writes on this ‘joyful and critical examination of the Kiln’s local community and its diverse history’.


Review: The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre
13 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre

3rd September - 16th October
By Brendan Macdonald

Desperate remedies: Brendan Macdonald writes on Alice Hamilton’s revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s comedy-drama that explores memory and family.


Review: The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre
31 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre

17 July - 28 August
By Brendan Macdonald

‘Bafflingly profound’: Brendan Macdonald writes on Sam Yates’ haunting revival of Tennessee Williams’ metatheatrical play.


Review: The Invisible Hand at Kiln Theatre
14 July 2021
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Review: The Invisible Hand at Kiln Theatre

By Brendan Macdonald

The enemy within: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ayad Akhtar’s immaculately well-crafted thriller about capitalism.


Review: Romeo and Juliet at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
29 June 2021
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Review: Romeo and Juliet at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

17 June - 24 July 2021
By Brendan Macdonald

The time is out of joint: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kimberley Sykes’s streamlined production, which captures the ‘frustrated, steely impatience of young love’.


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