Caught between a weighty Rattigan drama and a fizzy feel-good farce: Brendan Macdonald reviews Trevor Nunn’s combining of Less than Kind and Love in Idleness.
Venues: Menier Chocolate Factory
7 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 22nd September - 19th November 2016
By Sally Hales
“I’m cross that I’m cross about a play being too good and too intelligent.” Sally Hales reviews Tom Stoppard’s Travesties.
5 December 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Funny Girl
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 20th November 2015 - 5th March 2016
By Julia Rank
Sheridan Smith on sparkling form.
24 September 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Dinner with Saddam
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 22nd September - 14th November 2015
By Verity Healey
Laughing at ourselves.
14 April 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Man of Steal
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ Until 27th April 2015
By Stewart Pringle
You’ve got to pick a pocket or two.
4 December 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Assassins
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 21st November 2014 - 7th March 2015
By Tracey Sinclair
The gun club.
24 March 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Two Into One
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 8th March - 26th April 2014
By Alice Saville
Spirited, if sexless, farce.
7 December 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Candide
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 23rd November 2013 - 22nd February 2014
By Natasha Tripney
Buoyancy and energy.
1 October 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
The Lyons
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 19th September - 16th November 2013
By Alice Saville
Domestic disharmony.
19 July 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
The Color Purple
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 5th July 14th September 2013
By Alice Saville
An undeniable magic.
13 May 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Travels with my Aunt
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 2nd May - 29th June 2013
By Julia Rank
The absence of a lady.
23 March 2013
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Proof
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 14th March - 27th April 2013
By Honour Bayes
Beautiful minds.
30 November 2012
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Merrily We Roll Along
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 16th November 2012 – 23rd February 2013
By M. F. Jones
The names in tomorrow’s papers.
4 October 2012
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Charley’s Aunt
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 20th September - 10th November 2012
By Alice Saville
Satirically threadbare.
6 September 2012
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Anthony Rapp – Without You
Menier Chocolate Factory ⋄ 29th August - 15th September 2012
By Tracey Sinclair
Musical memoir.