Tag: Barbara Marten
Review: An Inspector Calls, Playhouse
“You haven’t finished asking questions – have you?” More than a little debt owed to the Guardian’s…
DVD Review: Hamlet (2014)
“A man’s life’s no more than to say ‘one’” One of the main problems with the countless…
Re-review: People, Places and Things, Wyndham’s Theatre
“I want to live vividly” There’s something rather apposite about the rush to label Denise Gough’s performance…
Review: People, Places and Things, National Theatre
“You can’t do karaoke unless you’re part of the group” Oh expectation, you fickle thing – so…
Review: King John, Shakespeare’s Globe
“Mad world! mad kings! mad composition!” One of the terms most overused by reviewers and publicity writers…
Review: Hamlet, Royal Exchange
“What a piece of work is a man” The political may be largely subsumed into the…
Review: The Winter’s Tale, Crucible
“There’s some ill planet reigns” Sheffield’s autumnal Shakespeares have become something of a yearly institution and a…
Review: Gabriel, Shakespeare’s Globe
“It may suit the crude palates of ruffians, but there’s more tune in the one derisory ditty…
Review: The Awkward Squad, Arts Theatre
“The downside is, there’s always a big pile of ironing to come back to” The debate about…
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