“Invites us to share in a long wallow with a man consumed by self-pity”: Peter Kirwan discusses Matthew Spanger’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel.
Peter Kirwan
Articles by Peter Kirwan
31 May 2017
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: East is East at Nottingham Playhouse
May 25 - June 10
By Peter Kirwan
A careful balance of farcical comedy and shocking drama: Peter Kirwan reviews Suba Das’ Northern Stage revival of Ayub Khan Din’s much-loved play.
25 May 2017
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Rent at Nottingham Playhouse
May 16 - May 20
By Peter Kirwan
Still transcendent: Peter Kirwan revels in Bruce Guthrie’s “energetic” 20th-anniversary revival of this Broadway classic, structural flaws and all.
22 April 2017
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: Tommy at the Nottingham Playhouse
19th – 29th April 2017 (touring until 1st July)
By Peter Kirwan
Energy, volume and trippy exuberance: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon’s superb new version of The Who’s Tommy.
30 March 2017
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: The Grapes of Wrath at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 28 March – 8 April 2017
By Peter Kirwan
Peter Kirwan reviews a production “torn between its desire to tell a specific emotional story and its impulse to universalise this narrative”.
23 February 2017
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: Touched at the Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 17 February - 4 March 2017
By Peter Kirwan
The rituals of folding, arranging and place-setting: Peter Kirwan reviews the Nottingham Playhouse’s fortieth anniversary production of Stephen Lowe’s Touched.
9 February 2017
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: All The Little Lights at the Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 7 - 11 February 2017
By Peter Kirwan
The things that can and can’t be said: Peter Kirwan reviews Jane Upton’s “deeply affecting” play about child sexual exploitation.
5 October 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Darkness, Darkness at Nottingham Playhouse
30th September – 15th October 2016
By Peter Kirwan
A plea for a community to heal itself: Peter Kirwan reviews New Perspectives’ staging of a John Harvey crime novel.
30 September 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: The Underground Man at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 22nd September– 8th October 2016
By Peter Kirwan
Failing to dig any deeper: Peter Kirwan reviews Nick Wood’s play about the 5th Duke of Portland.
29 September 2016
Reviews • National • Reviews • Sheffield
Review: Iyalode of Eti at Sheffield Theatres Studio
Sheffield Theatres Studio ⋄ 26th- 28th (Sheffield), 29th- 30th September 2016 (Doncaster)
By Peter Kirwan
A West African remastering of The Duchess of Malfi: Peter Kirwan reviews Iyalode of Eti by Utopia Theatre.
14 September 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Sleuth at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 9th – 24th September 2016
By Peter Kirwan
A wish fulfilment fantasy of the Leave campaign: Peter Kirwan reviews Anthony Shaffer’s revenge play.
7 May 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: The Government Inspector at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 4th – 14th May 2016
By Peter Kirwan
“An indictment of civic hypocrisy”: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon.
25 April 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Kings at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 20th – 30th April 2016
By Peter Kirwan
“Under it all seethes the writer’s anger”: Peter Kirwan reviews Daniel Hoffmann-Gill’s work at the Nottingham Playhouse.
15 April 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Noises Off at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 9th - 30th April 2016
By Peter Kirwan
Peter Kirwan has “a dizzying, hilarious evening” watching Blanche McIntyre’s Noises Off.
17 March 2016
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: The Glass Menagerie at Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse ⋄ 11th – 26th March 2016
By Peter Kirwan
“A quiet slip into darkness… as she slowly blows out her candles.” Peter Kirwan reviews Tennessee William’s classic at the Nottingham playhouse.