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“A Streetcar Named Desire”, Edinburgh

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Jeremy Malies on Leith Waterside There is an element in A Streetcar Named Desire that makes the play an explosive

Youth theatre 

“The Lives They Left Behind”, Brighton Fringe

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Jeremy Malies at the Brighton Fringe “You have to remember not to remember” is one of the more resonant lines

Youth theatre 

Dale Rooks of Chichester Festival Theatre

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Dale Rooks is the Youth Theatre Director at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her playful spirit first came on my radar sixteen

Youth theatre 

“The Dumb Waiter”, Edinburgh Fringe

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Jeremy Malies on North Bridge, Edinburgh   Do the bizarre written requests for food sent down to the cellar in

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ShakespeareSEE ALL

“King Lear” at Wyndham’s Theatre
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“King Lear” at Wyndham’s Theatre

Jeremy Malies in the West End 3 November 2023 Still occasionally exhilarated by memories of Sir Kenneth Branagh’s perfect Macbeth

“Othello” at Riverside Studios
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“Othello” at Riverside Studios

“As You Like It” at the Globe Theatre
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“As You Like It” at the Globe Theatre

“Macbeth”, Shakespeare’s Globe
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“Macbeth”, Shakespeare’s Globe

Book reviewsSEE ALL

“What Was Shakespeare Really Like?” by Stanley Wells
Book review 

“What Was Shakespeare Really Like?” by Stanley Wells

Book review by Dr Simon Jenner 3 December 2023   Now 93, pre-eminent Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells has recently written

“Theatre Spaces 1920-2020” by Iain Mackintosh
Book review 

“Theatre Spaces 1920-2020” by Iain Mackintosh

“My Shakespeare” by Greg Doran
Book review 

“My Shakespeare” by Greg Doran

“A Dictionary of Emotions in A Time of War – Twenty Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights” edited by John Freedman
Book review 

“A Dictionary of Emotions in A Time of War – Twenty Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights” edited by John Freedman

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Dana Rufolo in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for the International Meetings at the Teatrul Național 2023
Festival Review 

Dana Rufolo in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for the International Meetings at the Teatrul Național 2023

This year’s annual theatre festival in Cluj-Napoca was a showcase for several of the productions of the Teatrul Național –

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