Category: Barbican Theatre

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10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2019

Flashes of excellence can be found in the midst of any production so this list celebrates some…

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January 2, 2020
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20 shows to look forward to in 2020

I look ahead to some of the 2020 shows exciting me most with an emphasis away from…

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December 30, 2019
Posted in Barbican Theatre RSC Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review

Review: As You Like It, RSC at the Barbican

I find much to enjoy in Kimberley Sykes’s production of As You Like It for the RSC…

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October 31, 2019
Posted in Barbican Theatre Black British Theatre Awards Bush Theatre Dance debbie tucker green Donmar Warehouse Inua Ellams Lyric Hammersmith Musicals National Theatre Old Vic Opera Theatre Theatre awards Theatre Royal Stratford East West End Young Vic

Nominations for the 2019 Black British Theatre Awards

Creatives Group BEST DIRECTOR FOR A PLAY OR MUSICAL Lynette Linton; Sweat: Gielgud Theatre Roy Alexander Weise;…

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September 19, 2019
Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Schnitzler Barbican Theatre Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Donmar Warehouse Lucy Prebble Michael John LaChiusa Musicals Old Vic Robert Icke Sara Bareilles Tennessee Williams Theatre West End

August theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing for the last couple of months, but I didn’t…

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September 6, 2019
Posted in Adam Guettel Almeida Theatre Barbican Theatre Cheek By Jowl Chichester Festival Theatre Dance David Greig David Hare Donmar Warehouse Harold Pinter Jamie Lloyd LGBTQ+ Noël Coward Not-London Old Vic Oscar Wilde Terence Rattigan Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK West End

June theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing in June, but I didn’t stop going to the…

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July 1, 2019
Posted in Barbican Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Avalanche – A Love Story, Barbican

Maxine Peake is magisterial at the Barbican in this heart-breaking monologue Avalanche – A Love Story “Is…

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May 5, 2019
Posted in Ancient Greeks Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Simon Stone Theatre Theatre review

Review: Medea, Barbican

The incomparable Marieke Heebink astonishes in Simon Stone and ITA-ensemble’s production of Medea at the Barbican Theatre “I…

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March 12, 2019
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20 shows to look forward to in 2019

So many of the recommendations for shows to see next year focus on the West End. And…

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December 28, 2018