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Fourthwall’s Favourites: February
Fourthwall’s round-up of what to see this coming February.
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Training: ALRA North launches online TV station
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts are launching a new online TV station from their Wigan base.
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Greenwich Playhouse loses home in first casualty of the Olympics?
Curtain down on Greenwich Playhouse after thirteen years.
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War Horse film drives demand for stage version
The hype surrounding the release of Spielberg’s film, has triggered huge interest in the award-winning stage production.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #10
Up and running, there’s time for Gareth to find amusement in the smallest details.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #9
All three Faction shows are now up and running and Gareth has a second to take a moment’s pause to contemplate this achievement and to ruminate on Miss Julie.
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Greenroom Gossip: Mulligan on drama school auditions
Last month actress Carey Mulligan told an American newspaper that she was rejected from every drama school she auditioned for.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #8
Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction’s rep season, might be suffering from ‘third-child’ syndrome.
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Review: The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola ****
Amy Stow reviews a near-perfect revival of Phillip Ridley’s seminal play, The Pitchfork Disney, at the Arcola.
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Review: The Bee, Soho Theatre *****
As part of its world tour, The Bee returns to its original home, The Soho Theatre, London. David Richards reviews.
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Review: The Faction’s Miss Julie, New Diorama ***
David Richards is drawn into The Faction’s mesmerising blend of physical action and theatricality in the final play in their rep season, Miss Julie.
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Review: The Faction’s Mary Stuart, New Diorama ****
Simultaneously innovative and traditional The Faction’s Mary Stuart, at the New Diorama, impresses Alice Anderson.
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Interview: Sharon Small On … Bringing Scots to the National
Ena Lamont Stewart’s 1947 play Men Should Weep
Monday 1st November 2010
has received a rare revival at the National Theatre, where it opened in
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News: Nominations Open in 11th Annual WOS Awards
The nominations phase in the 11th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers’ choice”, opens today, Monday 1 November 2020. The annual Awards have firmly established their place in the theatrical calendar[readmore]
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Blog: Blasted, Bonded and Bothered
On successive nights at the end of last week we had the best production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted I’ve seen, at the Lyric Hammersmith, and the first ever performance of[readmore]
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Review Round-up: Critics Get Blasted at Lyric
Sarah Kane’s seminal and brutal play Blasted, which was famously derided by critics when it premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995, has been revived at the Lyric[readmore]
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Review Round-up: Priestley’s Married at Garrick
Christopher Luscombe’s West End revival of JB Priestley’s 1938 comedy When We Are Married opened at the Garrick Theatre last week (28 October 2010, previews from 19 October).
Monday 1st November 2010
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News: Opening: Novecento, Harrow, Macbeth, Sellers
Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
Monday 1st November 2010
OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 1 November 2010 (previews from 28 October), the Donmar’s residency at Trafalgar[readmore] -
Review: There Will Be More ***
The title of Edward Bond’s new play – his first premiere in a London theatre in over two decades – is doubly ominous: there will be more carnage, despair and[readmore]
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News: Cumberbatch Returns to National for Frankenstein
Danny Boyle’s production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein will see Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch return to the National following his critically-acclaimed appearance in After The Dance::E8831276073724 this summer. It was[readmore]
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Review: Blasted *****
More pitiful than pornographic, more tender than tendentious, more tragic than traumatic, Sarah Kane’s Blasted has worked its way in the world these past fifteen years as a modern classic,[readmore]
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Review: Reasons to be Cheerful ***
With vigorous renditions of the songs of Ian Dury, an adept cast and Gaelle Mellis’ busy, bright set design, there are many reasons to be cheerful about this new musical[readmore]
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