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Tim Bano
Articles by Tim Bano
16 November 2015
Features
Anne-Louise Sarks: “The combination of innocence and knowing really floored me.”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks to the Australian writer and director about her retelling Medea from the children’s perspective, and about how to look at myths with fresh eyes.
10 November 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Matt Berry: “There’s always another idea round the corner.”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks to actor, writer and musician, Matt Berry, about the ethics of voiceover work, the London Dungeons and Stephen Toast.
6 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Elf
Dominion Theatre ⋄ 24th October 2015 - 2nd January 2016
By Tim Bano
Scrooged.
3 November 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Xanadu
Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 16th October - 21st November 2015
By Tim Bano
What is Xanadu?
31 October 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Husbands and Sons
National Theatre ⋄ 19th October - 10th February 2016
By Tim Bano
Community.
23 October 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Teddy Ferrara
Donmar Warehouse ⋄
By Tim Bano
Adult, child, public, private.
13 October 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Medea
Almeida Theatre ⋄ 25th September - 14th November 2015
By Tim Bano
Like a palimpsest.
12 October 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
In League with Reece Shearsmith
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano talks writing, acting and reinventing with the Inside No 9 creator and Hangmen actor at the Royal Court.
9 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Eventide
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 25th September - 17th October 2015
By Tim Bano
The dying spirit of a rural nation.
1 October 2015
Reviews • Wales
Iliad
The Ffwrnes ⋄ 21st September - 3rd October 2015
By Tim Bano
Bearing witness.
29 September 2015
• Podcast
The Encounter: A Review
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano is watching a performance of The Encounter by Simon McBurney and Complicite, part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2015. Tim Bano is also sitting in his bedroom two weeks later. The two of him discusses what he is watching and has watched. Please listen through headphones and at a decent volume. The Encounter is touring: Warwick Arts … Continue reading The Encounter: A Review
27 September 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Backstage in Biscuit Land
Barbican Pit ⋄ 22nd - 26th September 2015
By Tim Bano
Prophetic tics.
23 September 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Kinky Boots
Adelphi Theatre ⋄ 21st August 2015 - 6th February 2016
By Tim Bano
These boots were made for dancing.
22 September 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Michael Billington: “Why play safe?”
By Tim Bano
Tim Bano goes below the line with the Guardian critic, reflecting on 50 years in the profession and what makes a play great.