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Venues: Barbican Theatre


Review: Roman Tragedies at the Barbican
27 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Roman Tragedies at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 17 - 19 March 2017
By Rafaella Marcus

Raw and new and believable: Rafaella Marcus and David Ralf team up to produce a long-form review of Ivo van Hove’s six-hour Roman Tragedies.


Review: Richard III at the Barbican
21 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Richard III at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 16 - 19 February 2017
By Brendan Macdonald

All about Richard: Brendan Macdonald reviews Thomas Ostermeier’s “confrontational, direct, and raw” version of Richard III


Review: Beware of Pity at the Barbican
13 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Beware of Pity at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 9 - 12 February 2017
By Brendan Macdonald

Viewed through glass: Brendan McDonald reviews Complicite and Schaubühne Berlin’s staging of Stefan Zweig’s novel.


Review: Kiss & Cry at the Barbican
6 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Kiss & Cry at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 1 - 4 February 2017
By Ka Bradley

Set by set, scene by scene, love by love: Ka Bradley reviews Charleroi Danses’s “transporting and joyously original work.”


Review: Blak Whyte Gray at the Barbican
17 January 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Blak Whyte Gray at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 12 - 21 January 2017
By Amelia Forsbrook

An elegant riot against control: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Boy Blue Entertainment at the Barbican.


Review: King Lear at the Barbican
21 November 2016
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: King Lear at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 10th November - 23rd December 2016
By Brendan Macdonald

Making something out of nothing: Brendan Macdonald reviews Gregory Doran’s production of King Lear for the RSC.


Review: Cymbeline at the Barbican
7 November 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Cymbeline at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 31st October - 17th December 2016
By Sally Hales

In a post-Brexit world, we will all wear patchwork denim: Sally Hales reviews the RSC’s Cymbeline at the Barbican.


Review: The Alchemist at the Barbican
16 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: The Alchemist at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 2nd September - 1st October 2016
By Neil Dowden

Comedy gold: Neil Dowden reviews the Polly Findlay’s production of The Alchemist.


Review: Doctor Faustus at the Barbican
15 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Doctor Faustus at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 7th September - 1st October 2016
By Maddy Costa

Mid-life crisis: Maddy Costa reviews the RSC’s Doctor Faustus at the Barbican.


Review: Needles and Opium at the Barbican
14 July 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Needles and Opium at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 7th-16th July 2016
By Tim Bano

Drows’d with the fume of poppies: Tim Bano reviews Robert LePage’s interweaving narratives of Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau.


Review: The Shadow King at the Barbican
24 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: The Shadow King at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 22nd June - 2nd July 2016
By David Ralf

“The land was never any man’s to sell”: David Ralf reviews Malthouse Theatre’s adaptation of King Lear.


Review: Phaedra(s) at the Barbican
13 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Phaedra(s) at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 9th - 18th June 2016
By Andrew Haydon

“Challengingly “international”, but perhaps not in quite the way LIFT hopes.” Andrew Haydon reviews Krzysztof Warlikowski’s revisiting of Phaedra.


Review: The Forbidden Zone at Barbican
30 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: The Forbidden Zone at Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 26th - 29th May 2016
By Maddy Costa

it is a cry fully a century long colon a review by Maddy Costa comma at the Barbican stop


Review: Kings of War at the Barbican
29 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Kings of War at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 22nd April - 1st May 2016
By Tim Bano

Updating the Shakespearian operating system: Tim Bano reviews Ivo van Hove’s reprogramming of Shakespeare.


Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican
4 April 2016
Reviews • Opera

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican

Barbican Theatre ⋄ 29th March - 3rd April 2016
By Maddy Costa

“There is a violence at the heart of this opera,” Maddy Costa reviews The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Ramin Gray.


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