Staging the unstageable.
Simon Thomas

Articles by Simon Thomas
1 October 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Fred and Madge
Hope Theatre ⋄ 18th September – 15th October 2014
By Simon Thomas
The breaking of things.
8 November 2013
• News
A New Hope
By Simon Thomas
The opening of the Hope, London’s newest pub theatre.
29 October 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
The Dumb Waiter
The Print Room ⋄ 23rd October – 23rd November 2013
By Simon Thomas
The waiting game.
14 October 2013
Features
Ibsen’s Lady Inger
By Simon Thomas
A rare staging of Ibsen’s first prose play at Baron’s Court Theatre.
4 October 2013
Reviews • West End & Central
Ghosts
Almeida Theatre ⋄ 26th September-23th November 2013
By Simon Thomas
Playing it safe.
14 May 2013
Reviews • West End & Central
Public Enemy
Young Vic ⋄ 4th May – 8th June 2013
By Simon Thomas
Essential Ibsen.
13 May 2013
Features • Essays
Not I: The Stage Poetry of Samuel Beckett
By Simon Thomas
The Royal Court marks the 40th anniversary of Beckett’s elliptical text.
11 May 2013
Reviews • West End & Central
The Hothouse
Trafalgar Studios ⋄ 9 May – 3 August 2013
By Simon Thomas
Pinter, at breakneck pace.
15 April 2013
Reviews • Opera
Sunken Garden
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 12th - 21st April 2013
By Simon Thomas
Confusing and confused.
3 April 2013
Reviews • West End & Central
Before The Party
Almeida Theatre ⋄ 21st March – 11th May 2013
By Simon Thomas
Sacred boundaries.
3 February 2013
Reviews • Opera
La traviata
London Coliseum ⋄ 2, 7, 9, 16, 12, 21, 23, 26 February, 1, 3 March 2013
By Simon Thomas
A radical approach to a much-loved work.
22 October 2012
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Staging Love’s Comedy
By Simon Thomas
David Antrobus on directing the London premiere of Ibsen’s play.
13 September 2012
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
King Lear
Almeida Theatre ⋄ 31st August – 3rd November 2012
By Simon Thomas
Portrait of a dirty, dotty old man.
19 August 2012
Reviews • West End & Central
Volcano
Vaudeville Theatre ⋄ 14th August – 29th September 2012
By Simon Thomas
A failure to erupt.