The green-eyed monster: Neil Dowden reviews Nicholas Wright’s drama about the dangerous rivalry between actors Paul Robeson and José Ferrer.
Neil Dowden
Articles by Neil Dowden
23 July 2018
Reviews • Chichester • National • Reviews
Review: The Meeting at Chichester Festival Theatre
July 13 - August 11
By Neil Dowden
Complex ideas and striking symbolism: Charlotte Jones makes a successful return to stage-writing with this nineteenth-century drama.
31 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Tartuffe at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
25 May - 28 July 2018
By Neil Dowden
‘Lacks any sense of jeu d’esprit’: Neil Dowden reviews Christopher Hampton’s relocation of Molière to Trump’s America.
5 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Pressure at the Park Theatre
March 28 - April 28
By Neil Dowden
Weathering the storm: David Haig’s D-Day drama is old-fashioned and expertly acted.
23 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: The Plough and the Stars at the Lyric Hammersmith
March 15 - April 7
By Neil Dowden
No museum piece: Sean Holmes’ self-aware modern-day Sean O’Casey revival doesn’t feel revolutionary.
19 December 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Titus Andronicus at the Barbican
December 7 - January 19
By Neil Dowden
The bizarreness takes over from the brutality: Blanche McIntyre’s production can’t balance the horror and the humour of Shakespeare’s bloodbath.
18 December 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Cell Mates at the Hampstead Theatre
30 November 2017 - 20 January 2018
By Neil Dowden
Very much a character study, not a spy drama: Neil Dowden reviews the Hampstead Theatre’s revival of Simon Gray’s play about an unlikely friendship.
13 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Coriolanus at the Barbican
6 - 18 November 2017
By Neil Dowden
Dripping with blood and sweat: Neil Dowden reviews the opening production of the RSC’s Rome Season at the Barbican.
11 August 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Apologia at Trafalgar Studios
Until 18 November 2017
By Neil Dowden
A defence, not an apology: Neil Dowden reviews Stockard Channing in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s dinner party drama.
12 June 2017
Reviews • Chichester • National • Reviews
Review: Sweet Bird of Youth at Chichester Festival Theatre
June 2 - June 24
By Neil Dowden
Lacks real poignancy: The flaws in this little-performed Tennessee Williams are exposed in Jonathan Kent’s laboured production, says Neil Dowden.
26 February 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Cherry Orchard at Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 15 February - 25 March 2017
By Neil Dowden
The axe falls on the old society: Neil Dowden reviews the final play in the Arcola’s Revolution season.
16 January 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: HE(ART) at Theatre N16
Theatre N16 ⋄ 10 - 28 January 2017
By Neil Dowden
“Love, compassion, art and class”: Neil Dowden reviews Andrew Maddock’s new play at Theatre N16.
22 December 2016
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Saint Joan at the Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse ⋄ 9th December 2016 - 18th February 2017
By Neil Dowden
The martyr in the boardroom: Neil Dowden reviews Josie Rourke’s updated version of Saint Joan.
31 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Magnificence at the Finborough Theatre
Finborough Theatre ⋄ 25th October - 19th November 2016
By Neil Dowden
Radical themes that still reverberate today: Neil Dowden reviews the first revival of an early Howard Brenton work since 1973.
6 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: No’s Knife at the Old Vic
Old Vic ⋄ 29th September - 15th October 2016
By Neil Dowden
Haunting beauty: Neil Dowden reviews Lisa Dwan’s performance of Beckett’s Texts for Nothing.