Tag: Frieda Pittoors

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

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December 28, 2019
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Robert Icke Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2018

Review: Oedipus, Stadschouwberg Amsterdam

Robert Icke tackles Oedipus with the same verve as his celebrated Oresteia in a spectacular Toneelgroep Amsterdam…

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June 1, 2018
Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Barbican Theatre Blanche McIntyre Chichester Festival Theatre Conor McPherson fosterIANs Hope Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove LGBTQ+ Lin-Manuel Miranda Martin Sherman Mike Bartlett Musicals National Theatre New Diorama Old Vic Shakespeare Stiles + Drewe Theatre Tony Kushner Top moments

11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2017

As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until…

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December 29, 2017
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre Theatre review

Review: Klein Zielen, Stadschouwberg Amsterdam

“En de ziel begreep dat dat kleine stukje genoeg was” Completing a trilogy of Louis Couperus adaptations…

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November 20, 2017
Posted in BroadwayWorld UK Awards Katie Mitchell Musicals Not-London Patrick Marber Theatre Theatre awards UK West End

2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andrew Polec, Bat Out of Hell, London Coliseum…

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October 5, 2017
Posted in Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Shakespeare Theatre

Notes on a second viewing of Roman Tragedies

“I arm myself with patience and await the higher powers” Whilst sitting in the audience for Roman…

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March 23, 2017
Posted in Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review

Review: Roman Tragedies, Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican

“A people who can neither rule nor be ruled” 8 years ago, I’d barely started to blog,…

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March 18, 2017
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre

Review: De Dingen Die Voorbijgaan, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“Samenleven met jou… maakt me minder eenzaam. Het is de enige mogelijkheid te vergeten dat we langzaam afsterven”…

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December 20, 2016
Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre

Review: The Fountainhead, deSingel Antwerpen

“I could die for you, but I couldn’t and wouldn’t live for you” It feels almost heretical to…

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November 19, 2015