“The Snail House” Hampstead Theatre
Neil Dowden in north London 19 September 2022 Richard Eyre has had a distinguished career as a director of plays,
Neil Dowden in north London 19 September 2022 Richard Eyre has had a distinguished career as a director of plays,
Simon Jenner in north London 15 September 2022 Six into five won’t go. When overworked British-Nigerian junior doctor Ore (Gloria
Neil Dowden in central London 14 September 2022 Inua Ellams is a British-Nigerian playwright, poet, and performer best known for
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 12 September 2022 Who Killed My Father – the absence of a question mark
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Austria 9 September 2022 After a last-minute cancellation last June due to illness, the highly awaited
Simon Jenner in West Sussex 4 September 2022 Harry Lloyd’s Jim stands on the abyss of his smartphone downstage
Simon Thomas in Somerset 26 August 2022 Eleven years ago former Monty Python Terry Gilliam made his operatic debut
Glenda Frank on Broadway 14 August 2022 The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s first novel (2003) was on The New York
Jeremy Malies in north London 12 August 2022 Sustained applause in the middle of a show is rarely the will
Glenda Frank in Manhattan 28 July 2022 Murder is how the characters in Robert Icke’s rewriting of Aeschylus’ Oresteia
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 4 August 2022 Shakespeare’s last solo play The Tempest – with Prospero’s renunciation of
Simon Jenner in West Sussex 1 August 2022 How times have changed. When Roy Williams’ Sing Yer Heart Out For
Crysse Morrison in the West Country 31 July 2022 Remember reading Treasure Island as a child or quite possibly as
Dana Rufolo on the Tagus River 31 July 2022 The 39th edition of the Almada, Portugal Theater Festival which began
Neil Dowden in west London 26 July 2022 Patrick Marber’s play Closer became a big hit when first produced at
Jeremy Malies in Surrey 26 July 2022 It’s a magical conclusion to Shakespeare’s career as a writer of plays on
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 24 July 2022 Hot on the heels of revivals of Much Ado About Nothing
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin 23 July 2022 The musical comedy Happy End , which Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill opened
Jeremy Malies in West Sussex 23 July 2022 “With love to lead the way, I’ve found more clouds of gray
Simon Thomas in Somerset 20 July 2022 Coming just days after the death of Peter Brook, the opening of Deborah
Crysse Morrison in Somerset 20 July 2022 Back in the 1970s, in an era of exuberance unrecognisable to most in
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 18 July 2022 There are three time periods in this reworking of Sheridan’s The
Neil Dowden in north London 18 July 2022 Peter Morgan has made a successful career of imagining what went on
Maggie Rose’s festival diary 15 July 2022 Reflecting on their second year at the helm of the Venice Theatre Biennale,
Annie Loui in Perugia 11 July 2022 History of Violence directed by Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of the Schaubühne Theater
Dana Rufolo in north London 9 July 2022 Experiencing the vitality and emotional intensity of black British playwright Roy Williams’
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch at the Berlin Theatertreffen festival 6 July 2022 In 2020 and 2021, the annual Theatertreffen festival had
Tom Bolton in south London 5 July 2022 It says something about national cultures that the French equivalent of
Annie Loui in Perugia 5 July 2022 The Belgian-based choreography WEG by Ayelin Parolin comes to this Umbria festival framed by
Annie Loui in Perugia 22 July 2022 In the atmospheric Piazza del Duomo in Spoleto, a thousand Italians and visitors
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 26 June 2022 Kathryn Hunter played King Lear in a landmark production directed by
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 23 June 2022 Jitney is August Wilson’s first work in his epic Pittsburgh or
Neil Dowden in Richmond 21 June 2022 The Orange Tree Theatre’s latest show in their adventurous mix of old
Crysse Morrison in the south-west 20 June 2022 August Strindberg considered this his best play, and the vicious marital hostility
Jeremy Malies in the West End 20 June 2022 As we take our seats for James Macdonald’s production with
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna 16 June 2022 One of the highlights of this year’s Theater im Park, which is
Simon Jenner in Brighton 15 June 2022 “Where nothing happens. Twice.” Thus Vivian Mercier at this work’s Irish premiere
Neil Dowden in west London 8 June 2022 Jean Racine’s tightly structured neoclassical plays – obeying the unities of
Neil Dowden in the West End 7 June 2022 Tennessee Williams famously described The Glass Menagerie – which made
Neil Dowden in north London 3 June 2022 Girl on an Altar is Irish playwright Marina Carr’s powerful new take
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna After two cancellations in April 2020 and March 2021, the long-awaited Vienna premiere of Gruber
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 31 May 2022 You don’t see a version of the life story of Mahatma
Neil Dowden in east London 29 May 2022 The Arcola has finally reopened its indoor theatre – having previously staged
Jeremy Malies in the West End 23 May 2022 The action of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady begins
Neil Dowden in north London Beth Steel writes big, bold, ambitious dramas in which individuals are caught up in a
Neil Dowden in north London 16 May 2022 Although based in the UK for many years, Naomi Wallace returns to
16 May 2022 Jeremy Malies on the South Bank “O, that a man might know / The end of this
Tom Bolton on the South Bank 13 May 2022 The memory of repeated lockdowns may be fading now, but the
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 12 May 2022 An unusual Skidmore Ranch this one; Jud Fry not only looks
Jeremy Malies in the West End 10 May 2022 It’s St George’s Day in an unspecified year at the village
Tom Bolton in Notting Hill, London 26 April 2022 Irish company Gare St Lazare were booked to perform at the
Neil Dowden in west London 23 April 2022 Mike Bartlett has become one of the few contemporary living playwrights to
22 April 2022 Das Zigarettenreich (Jeder Traum hat ein Ende), Werk X- Petersplatz Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna. The
Glenda Frank in New York City Birthday Candles, a play by Noah Haidle, produced by Roundabout Theatre follows Ernestine from
Glenda Frank on Broadway 17 April 2022 Take Me Out, a locker room dramedy by Richard Greenberg, now at the
Neil Dowden in the West End 11 April 2022 Harper Lee’s classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird has been
Jeremy Malies in Waterloo 11 April 2022 The near future in vaguely Shakespearian blank verse appears to have plenty
Crysse Morrison in south-west England 8 April 2022 When Liam leaves his best friend Fletch on an upwardly mobile
Glenda Frank in New York 7 April 2022 Has Sarah Jessica Parker been miscast all these years? Yes, she
Crysse Morrison in Somerset 7 April 2022 “Never boring for a split second” was Noël Coward’s verdict on the
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 30 March 2022 David Hare’s new play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge
Jeremy Malies in north London 25 March 2022 Ethnicity and land grab. Reduce things down to how people really
Neil Dowden in the West End 24 March 2022 Jean Cocteau’s 1930 monodrama The Human Voice about a woman’s
Dana Rufolo in Germany 18 March 2022 It is a relief that Franziska Autzen, the director of Katharina Blum
Neil Dowden in the West End 18 March 2022 Mike Bartlett made his name with the Olivier Award-winning Cock at
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna 14 March 2022 Vienna’s Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom has joined forces with the acclaimed stage
Crysse Morrison in Bristol 14 March 2022 ‘A vision for the future of theatre’ is how director Tom Morris sees
Crysse Morrison in Bristol Written by David Lane and directed by Sita Calvert-Ennals, this poignant two-hander follows an imagined reunion
Tom Bolton in London Borough of Newham 11 March 2022 Dennis Kelly’s 2005 play After the End is set inside
Tom Bolton on the South Bank 10 March 2022 The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but,
Tom Bolton in Notting Hill Gate 4 March 2022 Jonathan Kent opened his tenure as Artistic Director of the
Maggie Rose in Milan 7 October 2022 M. Il figlio del secolo is a literary adaptation, based on Antonio Scurati’s
Maggie Rose in Milan 21 September 2022 Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre has hosted La vita davanti a sé (The
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 8 March 2022 Last staged in London 26 years ago, David Mamet’s 1977
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 25 February 2022 Anthony McCarten’s new play focuses on a fascinating true episode
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli at the Bronski & Grünberg Theater, Vienna Bronski & Grünberg Theater is a popular venue in
Glenda Frank in New York City2 February 2022 Prayer for the French Republic, Joshua Harmon’s (Significant Other) new play,
Neil Dowden in north London15 February 2022 Over the last decade French playwright Florian Zeller has had a series of
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna 30 September 2021 Kaja Dymnicki and Alexander Pschill are founding members of Vienna’s Bronski & Grünberg
Neil Dowden in north London17 February 2022 The slippery ambivalence of absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco’s works makes them tricky to
Tom Bolton on the South Bank4 February 2022 Sean Holmes’ production of Hamlet in the Globe’s indoor space opens
Jeremy Malies in Surrey11 February 2022 A boozy Elsinore this – any critic (and we’re not noted for sobriety) playing
Jeremy Malies in Canterbury10 February 2022 “Hate the critics? I have nothing but compassion for them. How can one hate
Neil Dowden on the South Bank11 February 2022 Bristol-based company Wise Children’s touring production of Wuthering Heights now blusters into
Crysse Morrison in Bristol27 January 2022 Bristol Old Vic director Tom Morris pulled off what many will consider a coup when
„Der Herr Rudi“ in Georg Danzers „ Sauna G’schichten“ Reviewed by Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna.7 February 2022 Following
Jeremy Malies at the Old Vic2 February 2022 Caryl Churchill’s A Number is about cloning though the word is never
Neil Dowden in Sloane Square, London.28 January 2022 Alistair McDowall’s new play The Glow is a strange brew. The first
Jeremy Malies in north London20 December 2021 Peggy for You, written by Alan Plater in 1999, is the last
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank Best of Enemies by James Graham was always going to be a triumph or
Dana Rufolo on a streamed Romanian theatre festival.13 December 2021 The National Theater of Cluj-Napoca, Romania’s streamed 2021 Theatre Festival
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna atEin Sommernachtstraum am Wörthersee – oder Wann ist die Familie Lustig aus Graz verschwunden20 March
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli in Vienna12 January 2022 After the cancellation of the originally scheduled premiere about a year ago, the
Neil Dowden in Southwark14 December 2021 Alan Bennett may be cherished for his subtle melancholic comedy but in 1973 he
Dana Rufolo in Constance 2 October 2021 In the Spring 2019 issue of Plays International & Europe, the new artistic
Julie Sorokurs in Covent Garden21 October 2021 Love and Other Acts of Violence serves as the Donmar’s inaugural production after
Ben Brooker at the Bakehouse Theatre11 September 2021 When an actress friend of mine recently asked if I was going
Jeremy Malies in West Sussex14 October 2021 David Storey’s amazing play Home has been produced by the Chichester Festival Theatre
Neil Dowden in Newham, London.24 September 2021 One of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Conor McPherson is probably best known for The
Neil Dowden on the South Bank1 October 2021 The National Theatre’s revival of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking 1985 play The Normal
Alice Grahame on the South Bank3 September 2021 Winsome Pinnock’s powerful drama looks at the impact of the unfinished business
Alice Grahame on the South Bank13 October 2021 The American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has built up an impressive body of
Margaret Rose in Milan20 November 2021 Theatreland is once again bustling with companies scrambling to open productions, some of which
Neil Dowden on the South Bank13 September 2021 Actor turned playwright Ayub Khan Din is best known for his semi-autobiographical
Dana Rufolo in Constance29 October 2021 Extracting a two-hour long play out of a one thousand-page novel is always a
Neil Dowden in Southwark19 September 2021 The Menier Chocolate Factory finally reopened in September with Paula Vogel’s Indecent, which had
Alice Grahame in north London12 September 2021 At a time when many of us are preoccupied with illness, hospitals and
Tom Bolton in the City of London24 November 2021 Like all theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company has experienced a
Jeremy Malies in Waterloo 5 October 2021 The Young Vic’s Hamlet starring Cush Jumbo was one of the hottest tickets
Jakob Hingst in Hamburg One of the productions of the Thalia Theater’s new season, which began in August, truly deserves
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 10 December 2021 The African-American actor/playwright/novelist/activist Alice Childress made a significant impact in her
Neil Dowden in outer London3 September 2021 Athol Fugard’s 1972 play Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act is
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin15 August 2021 The Berliner Ensemble started the new [post-2021 lockdown] season with a revival of
Jeremy Malies in north London 15 September 2021 Kiln Theatre in Kilburn has commissioned and produced NW Trilogy, a set
Jeremy Malies in west Sussex 9 September 2021 The cliché is that Martin McDonagh was enthused to write plays
Jeremy Malies in west London 28 June 2021 Race runs through each of a trio of monologue plays by
Jeremy Malies in the London Borough of Havering 8 September 2021 David Eldridge’s Beginning is a play for two
Crysse Morrison in the west of England 10 October 2021 Open-air theatre has always formed a strong strand of live
Jeremy Malies in Berkshire14 October 2021 It’s a truism among Anton Chekhov diehards that Firs in The Cherry Orchard should
Neil Dowden at Happy Days 18 June 2021 Happy days are here again with Trevor Nunn’s sixtieth anniversary production
Jay Paul Skelton in the West End 13 December 2020 In the nineteenth century, the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull
Neil Dowden in north London 9 July 2021 Ayad Akhtar is an American writer of Pakistani heritage with his finger
Glenda Frank on Broadway 23 August 2021 Pass Over is perfect for a newly active Broadway. Playwright Antoinette Chinonye
Julie Sorokurs on the South Bank 12 August 2021 Kae Tempest’s Paradise, premiered in the round at the National
Neil Dowden on the South Bank 4 July 2021 The Bridge Theatre — which boldly led the way in
Jeremy Malies in the West End 7 October 2021 The Mirror and the Light is the third of Hilary
John Russell Taylor on the South Bank. 23 June 2021 The National Theatre opened its doors to audiences again in
John Russell Taylor in the West End 2 July 2021 Nick Payne’s award-winning two-hander Constellations (starring Rafe Spall and Sally
Jef Hall-Flavin in south London 31 July 2021 Hearing the song “Wrapped Around Your Finger” as I was coming down
Neil Dowden in the London Borough of Newham 5 July 2021 Theatre Royal Stratford East reopened in the early summer
Jeremy Malies in Lambeth, London 1 August 2021 Changing Destiny is the Young Vic’s much-trumpeted post-Covid return to live drama.
Jef Hall-Flavin in north London 27 July 2021 If The Two Character Play is one of Tennessee Williams’s problematic plays,
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin17 June 2021 Simon McBurney, the co-founder of the British theatre company Complicité and an internationally
Tom Bolton on the South Bank4 December 2021 For her last production in the Globe’s candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse,
John Russell Taylor in outer London 22 May 2021 The other day I was watching one of those Rediscovering
Jay Paul Skelton 29 May 2021 Sonia Friedman, the well-known British producer, has not only led the charge as
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin 8 April 2021 The Vaganten Bühne, an intimate hundred-seat theatre tucked away at the end
Jeremy Malies at the Hampstead Theatre 4 June 2021 Alfred Fagon’s rarely staged 1975 play The Death of a
Margaret Rose in Milan 5 June 2021 As I write this report in early June [2021], lockdown is gradually
Julie Sorokurs on the South Bank24 November 2021 Moira Buffini’s Manor was initially set to have its premiere in 2020
How a Fringe Performance Led to the Trial of the Decade 26 August 2022 No theatrical event has been
Ludovico Lucchesi Palli at Werk X-Petersplatz 10 January 2023 Even though all of Vienna’s theatres are currently shut, Werk
Natalia Isaeva in Paris 9 January 2021 7 Deaths of Maria Callas is a co-production with the Bayerischen Staatsoper,
Roxana Silbert, artistic director of Hampstead Theatre, has found a lovely way to burnish the reputation of this venerable playhouse
14 February 2021 Dana Rufolo The Kreation Kollektiv’s Recherche Show (Research Show), a co-production with the Vienna Volkstheater and
Jay Paul Skelton at Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads: The Bridge Theatre It’s notable how the Bridge Theatre’s production of Talking
Jeremy Malies at the Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva) 4 November 2020 My trip to Chichester for Sarah Kane’s Crave
Jay Paul Skelton on the South Bank 1 September 2020 Alan Bennett’s celebrated Talking Heads monologues were first broadcast
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 1 September 2020 Has Alan Bennett’s A Lady of Letters fared well since
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 1 September 2020 As with the other pair of plays I review from
Julie Sorokurs on the South Bank 1 September 2020 The Bridge Theatre tentatively opened its doors in late August
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch at the Berliner Ensemble 1 September 2020 The Berliner Ensemble premiered Gott (God), Ferdinand von Schirach’s latest work
Neil Dowden in the West End 1 June 2020 Prospero’s epilogue in The Tempest in which he renounces his
Neil Dowden on two Caryl Churchill plays1 March 2020 During six decades as a playwright, Caryl Churchill has not
Jeremy Malies in the West End 1st March 2020 It may be a signature throughout Anton Chekhov that his
Bill Grantham in Dublin 1 December 2019 This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival was as packed with plays as ever,
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank1 December 2019 There seem to be two current styles of presenting Chekhov: making
Bill Grantham in Dublin and Galway 1 November 2019 I’ve long been an admirer of the Italian film director
Neil Dowden in the West End 1 September 2019 There was much hype ahead of the world premiere of
Mohammad Reza Aliakbari 1 September 2019 Life in the metropolis of Tehran is characterized by a combination of overcrowding,
1 September 2019 I am immediately surrounded by mystical, seemly unearthly sounds that make me feel suspended in space
Jo Briggs on the South Bank1 June 2019 Ten minutes before this play begins, we have the opportunity to
Eva de Valk in central London1 June 2019 The characteristically to-the-point announcement: “This play is called Our Town” is
Iran report1 June 2019 Iranshahr Theatre is one of the oldest and most popular theatres in Tehran. From its
Jeremy Malies in north London17 April 2019 At most productions of Chekhov’s Three Sisters I end up longing for
7 March 2019 Jeremy Malies’s feature covers Simon Stone’s lnternationaal Theater Amsterdam’s Medea which was at London’s Barbican Theatre
Jo Briggs at The Royal Court14 December 2018 I am old enough to remember a cane at my village
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank1 December 2018 There is theatre critic equivalent of locker room gossip suggesting that
Neil Dowden sees two productions of Richard II at the Almeida Theatre and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 1 December 2018
Jeremy Malies in Essex 26 October 2018 You hardly needed to be a scheduling genius to realize that a
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 25 October 2018 Martin McDonagh’s new play A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 10 October 2018 Sir David Hare’s I’m Not Running which had its world
Jeremy Malies in East Sussex 13 September 2018 In his The Habit of Art, Alan Bennett uses a play
Michael Ajzenstadt in Tel Aviv 1 September 2018 In the autumn of 1993, the newest play of the time
Jeremy Malies in West Sussex 26 August 2018 The best theoretical physicists, notably Lawrence Krauss and the late Stephen
Jo Briggs in Covent Garden14 August 2018 The only son among the last of the O’Donnells of Ballybeg Hall
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 21 October 2018 Emma Rice’s adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children at the
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 17 July 2018 “It lit a match and the explosion was Trump.” This
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 8 June 2018 The style of playwright Polly Stenham has been compared to
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank23 October 2019 Orson Welles said that writers hit peak popularity two or three
Dana Rufolo in Constance In 1776, Adam Smith wrote An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 8 May 2018 End-on, in-the-round with a promenade option and now a thrust.
Jeremy Malies in Covent Garden 7 April 2018 If William Congreve’s The Way of the World is the jewel
Jeremy Malies in Hampshire 5 June 2018 In her programme notes, director Chelsea Walker says: “This is a play
Neil Dowden in the West End 6 February 2018 Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece Long Day’s Journey into Night was not
Neil Dowden in North London 17 December 2017 The 1995 West End premiere of Simon Gray’s play Cell Mates
Hans-Jürgen Bartsch in Berlin Last November, the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, one of Berlin’s oldest playhouses in the historic city centre,
Robert Schneider in Connecticut 28 January 2018 Nick Payne’s two-hander Constellations at Hartford Theatre Works is an invitation to
Jeremy Malies in West Sussex 13 February 2018 Observing the substantial number of school children at the Chichester Festival
Jeremy Malies on the South Bank 28 January 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Baker has seen her 2015 play John
Jeremy Malies in West Sussex 28 April 2014 Rival meteorologists squabble for 72 hours over the most important weather
Glenda Frank in New York 6 February 2018 What kind of stories do theatre artists choose to dramatize: stories
David Cowan in Paris 23 January 2017 Provincial life features on the main stage of the Comédie Française in
Doron Elia in Jerusalem 11 December 2017 The ruler of the underworld Samedi says, “Only here in the theatre,
Jeremy Malies in north London8 March 2018 Writers from Virgil through to Sylvia Plath have obsessed about the relationship
David Cowan in Paris 1 February 2018 Jean-Luc Lagarce’s play J’étais dans ma maison et j’attendais que la pluie
Jeremy Malies in Covent Garden 14 February 2018 Peter Gill’s The York Realist depicts two men falling in love
Neil Dowden in Kensington and Chelsea 17 February 2018 Dennis Kelly may have had a lot of popular success
Jeremy Malies in Surrey 7 February 2018 The feud between the two families in Romeo and Juliet often tempts
John Russell Taylor in the West End 18 January 2018 In 1958 when The Birthday Party was first performed,
John Russell Taylor in the West End 23 January 2018 Oh dear! Alas, what a fall is here. The
Christine Eccles in Kensington and Chelsea 16 October 2017 In reviewing Rita, Sue and Bob Too it has become
Jeremy Malies in Covent Garden 24 February 2017 One of the numbers in George and Ira Gershwin’s An American
Margaret Leask in Sydney 10 August 2017 The Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by
Christine Eccles on the South Bank 17 February 2017 It is always a bit uncomfortable for me to watch
Christine Eccles in Kensington & Chelsea 2 August 2017 This is a fantastic and very well-timed revival of Jim
Jeremy Malies in the West End 12 March 2018 “Extraordinary how potent cheap music is” comes from another Noël