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TV Review: The Woman in the Wall (Episodes 1+2)

Ruth Wilson is once again luminously good in traumatic Irish mystery The Woman in the Wall “Give…

Posted in Brian Friel National Theatre Theatre Theatre review

Review: Dancing at Lughnasa, National Theatre

Brian Friel’s masterfully slow-burning Dancing at Lughnasa is revived beautifully at the National Theatre “What fascinates me…

Posted in Brian Friel Deborah Bruce Jack Thorne Mark Gatiss National Theatre News Theatre

News: National Theatre announces three new productions for 2023

The National Theatre announces three new productions for 2023 and the revival of the critically acclaimed The…

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TV Review: Cucumber

Russell T Davies returns to gay life in Manchester in heartbreakingly good form with the excellent Cucumber…

Posted in Chris Chibnall Doctor Who LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss Russell T Davies Steven Moffat TV

Countdown to new Who: Doctor Who Series 3

“You  Are  Not  Alone” There’s something perhaps a bit perverse in some of the strongest episodes of…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Conor McPherson Duncan Macmillan Henrik Ibsen John Logan Kander + Ebb Lucy Kirkwood Mark Gatiss Moira Buffini Musicals Nick Payne Noël Coward Olivier Awards Robert Icke Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…

Posted in Conor McPherson Donmar Warehouse Theatre West End

Re-review: The Weir, Wyndham’s Theatre

  “Such a small thing. But a huge thing” The Donmar’s production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir…

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2014 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud  Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the NT…

Posted in Conor McPherson Donmar Warehouse Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2013

Review: The Weir, Donmar Warehouse

“And the barman asked if I was alright” It is interesting how the experience of one play…