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News: National Theatre Live announces Dear England with Joseph Fiennes and VANYA with Andrew Scott, set to release in cinemas across the UK and Ireland

The National Theatre today announces two new National Theatre Live productions that will be released to audiences…

Posted in National Theatre Richard Bean Richard Brinsley Sheridan Theatre Theatre review

Re-review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre

I absolutely adore Jack Absolute Flies Again again at the National Theatre, this is one not to…

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Review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre

Richard Bean and Oliver Chris’ reinvention of The Rivals in Jack Absolute Flies Again is a comic…

Posted in April De Angelis National Theatre News Richard Brinsley Sheridan Shakespeare Theatre

News: National Theatre reveals Othello and Kerry Jackson

The National Theatre has announced two further productions to be staged this winter, Shakespeare’s Othello and Kerry Jackson a new play…

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News: Peter Forbes joins the cast of National Theatre’s Jack Absolute Flies Again

Rehearsals have started for Jack Absolute Flies Again, a riotous and comedic new version of Sheridan’s The Rivals, co-written by Richard…

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News: National Theatre announces Summer 2022 season

The National Theatre has announced new productions for all three South Bank stages this summer: Jack Absolute…

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Not-a-review: Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre

Tonight should have been the press night for Jack Absolute Flies Again, written by Richard Bean and…

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Film Review: The Good Liar (2019)

Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren team up for the entertainingly twisty film The Good Liar “It seems…

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Film Review: Cats (2019)

Against a barrage of bad reviews, I tried to give Cats a fair hearing. There may have…