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Nottingham


Review: The Glad Game at Nottingham Playhouse (online)
30 September 2021
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: The Glad Game at Nottingham Playhouse (online)

24 September - 31 October, then touring
By Naomi Obeng

Living with hope: Naomi Obeng reviews Phoebe Frances Brown’s frank, warm story of navigating life with incurable cancer.


Review: Bubble at Nottingham Playhouse
26 October 2020
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: Bubble at Nottingham Playhouse

23-24 October
By Tracey Sinclair

Lockdown retrospective: Tracey Sinclair reviews James Graham’s play which surveys the summer lockdown through the eyes of a new relationship.


Review: An Enemy of the People at Nottingham Playhouse
20 September 2019
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: An Enemy of the People at Nottingham Playhouse

13-28 September
By Emily Holyoake

Polluted truths: Emily Holyoake writes on post-truth politics and cross-gender casting in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Ibsen update.


Review: One Night in Miami at Nottingham Playhouse
16 June 2019
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: One Night in Miami at Nottingham Playhouse

7-22 June, then touring
By Naomi Obeng

‘What about the Struggle’: Naomi Obeng writes a poetic response to Kemp Powers’ imagined account of the meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.


Review: Skellig at Nottingham Playhouse
30 March 2019
Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: Skellig at Nottingham Playhouse

22 March - 7 April
By Naomi Obeng

Emotionally invested: Naomi Obeng writes on a stage adaptation of a childhood favourite which ‘plainly plays with magic’.


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: 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.


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