“A bit too clean and palatable”: Miriam Gillinson reviews Simon Stephen’s new adaptation of Brecht.
Venues: National Theatre
18 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Suicide at the National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ April 14th - June 25th 2016
By Tim Bano
“Do you ever get the sense that we’re one spark away from a revolution?” Tim Bano addresses Suhayla El-Bushra’s state of the nation farce.
18 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Another World: Losing Our Children to Islamic State at the National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ Until 7th May 2016
By Neil Dowden
Insightful, but essentially non-theatrical: Neil Dowden reviews Gillian Slovo and Nicolas Kent’s collaboration on jihadism.
1 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Les Blancs at National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ 22nd March - 2nd June 2016
By Eleanor Turney
“It’s a deeply uncomfortable play to watch, and one that makes us confront, head-on, our own assumptions.”
9 March 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Solid life of Sugar Water at National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ 29th February - 19th March 2016
By Brendan Macdonald
“Coping. With sex. With loss. With each other”: Brendan Macdonald reviews Jack Thorne’s work.
3 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ 26th January - 18th May 2016
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney reviews August Wilson’s “clever and depressingly relevant play”, in which music is simply work.
3 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Iphigenia in Splott at National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄
By William Drew
Post-show discussion: Gary and Effie sit down for a chat…
14 December 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
wonder.land
National Theatre ⋄ November 23rd- April 30th 2016
By Alice Saville
Down the rabbit hole, into the mad world of the NT’s muddling musical.
29 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Here We Go
National Theatre ⋄ 25th November - 19th December 2015
By Verity Healey
A biblical storm.
27 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Evening at the Talk House
National Theatre ⋄
By Lee Anderson
As frustrating as it is intriguing.
19 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Waste
National Theatre ⋄ 3rd November - 19th March 2016
By Tim Bano
On with the show.
17 November 2015
Reviews • Performance • Reviews
Spill Festival: Tomb, The Privileged, Inextinguishable Fire
National Theatre ⋄ 8th November 2015
By Nisha Ramayya
Participation and accountability.
4 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
As You Like It
National Theatre ⋄ 26th October – 5th March 2016
By David Ralf
Wrestled with, beautifully.
31 October 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Husbands and Sons
National Theatre ⋄ 19th October - 10th February 2016
By Tim Bano
Community.
21 September 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Jane Eyre
National Theatre ⋄ 8th September 2015 - 10th January 2016
By Maddy Costa
Thrillingly double-edged.