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Peter Kirwan


Peter Kirwan

Peter Kirwan is an editor, reviewer and academic, originally from the Wirral and now based at the University of Nottingham. He specialises in the contemporary performance of early modern drama and is the author of Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha (Cambridge, 2015). He is currently writing a book on Cheek by Jowl, and writes The Bardathon review blog.


Articles by Peter Kirwan


Review: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Woods at Nottingham Playhouse
3 December 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Woods at Nottingham Playhouse

30 November - 19 January
By Peter Kirwan

‘Joyful sincerity’: Pete Kirwan writes on an earnest, escapist panto that brings the 12th century into the 21st.


Review: The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse
8 November 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse

2-24 November
By Peter Kirwan

Holding fiction to account: Peter Kirwan writes on the representation of madness in Nottingham Playhouse’s revival of Alan Bennett’s play.


Review: Kindertransport at Nottingham Playhouse
10 October 2018
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Review: Kindertransport at Nottingham Playhouse

5-20 October
By Peter Kirwan

‘Demons in the attic’: Peter Kirwan writes on Kindertransport’s portrayal of the immigrant experience


Review: Sweet Charity at Nottingham Playhouse
7 September 2018
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Sweet Charity at Nottingham Playhouse

31 August – 22 September 2018
By Peter Kirwan

More to life than love: Peter Kirwan reviews the Nottingham Playhouse’s first musical in over a decade.


Review: Shebeen at the Nottingham Playhouse
7 June 2018
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Shebeen at the Nottingham Playhouse

1 – 16 June 2018
By Peter Kirwan

And what an atmosphere… Peter Kirwan reviews Mufaro Makubika’s award-winning play set in 1950s Nottingham.


Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse
6 April 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews

Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse

March 31 - April 22
By Peter Kirwan

Digging down: this family-friendly adaptation of Louis Sachar’s novel isn’t afraid of asking big questions.


Review: Our Country’s Good at Nottingham Playhouse
19 March 2018
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Our Country’s Good at Nottingham Playhouse

9 - 24 March 2018 (and then on tour)
By Peter Kirwan

Silence and noise: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon’s new show based on a text familiar to A-Level Theatre Studies students.


Review: Wonderland at Nottingham Playhouse
14 February 2018
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Wonderland at Nottingham Playhouse

9 – 24 February 2018
By Peter Kirwan

Never cross a picket line: Peter Kirwan reviews the triumphant regional premiere of Beth Steel’s play about Welbeck Colliery


Review: Finding Nana at Nottingham Playhouse
9 February 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews

Review: Finding Nana at Nottingham Playhouse

February 7 - February 10
By Peter Kirwan

Memories of memories: Jane Upton’s one-woman play is touching and thoughtful.


Review: Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse
5 December 2017
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse

1 December 2017 – 20 January 2018
By Peter Kirwan

Less a show, more an institution: Peter Kirwan reviews Nottingham Playhouse’s annual panto.


Review: The Cherry Orchard at Nottingham Playhouse
9 November 2017
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: The Cherry Orchard at Nottingham Playhouse

3rd-18th November, 2017
By Peter Kirwan

An extraordinary coda: Giles Croft marks the end of his tenure at Nottingham Playhouse in poignant style.


Review: The Leftovers at Curve, Leicester
31 October 2017
Reviews • Leicester • National • Reviews

Review: The Leftovers at Curve, Leicester

By Peter Kirwan

“A self-consciously messy, freeform paean to the experience of making music”: Peter Kirwan reviews Sheep Soup’s boldly structureless new musical at Leicester’s Curve Theatre.


Review: Major Labia at Curve, Leicester
23 October 2017
Reviews • Leicester • National • Reviews

Review: Major Labia at Curve, Leicester

October 20 - October 21
By Peter Kirwan

“Give this group a TV show”: Peter Kirwan reviews Nottingham-based comedy collective Major Labia’s nameless sketch show at Leicester Curve’s Inside Out festival.


Review: All My Sons at Nottingham Playhouse
11 October 2017
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews

Review: All My Sons at Nottingham Playhouse

October 6 - October 21
By Peter Kirwan

Devastating and dignified: Peter Kirwan reviews Fiona Buffini’s timely revival of Arthur Miller’s classic American drama.


Review: Pride and Prejudice at Nottingham Playhouse
20 September 2017
Reviews • Nottingham

Review: Pride and Prejudice at Nottingham Playhouse

By Peter Kirwan

Forget heteronormativity: Sara Pascoe’s hilarious reimagined Jane Austen romance breaks all the rules.


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