Tag: Louis Martin

Posted in Dennis Kelly Film Musicals

Film Review: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)

Some brilliant set pieces make Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical highly enjoyable, even if it doesn’t quite…

Posted in National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Tony Kushner

Review: The Visit or The Old Lady Comes to Call, National Theatre

Any opportunity to see Lesley Manville on stage should be taken but The Visit or The Old…

Posted in Film

Film Review: The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

A family-friendly take on Arthurian legend The Kid Who Would Be King that doesn’t quite bridge the…

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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…

Posted in Blogged Gary Owen Lucy Kirkwood Moira Buffini National Theatre News Richard Bean Richard Brinsley Sheridan Shakespeare Theatre Tony Kushner

News: new productions and casting updates for the National Theatre

Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor headline a new production of Romeo and Juliet, while Callum Scott Howells…

Posted in Bertolt Brecht Bruce Norris Donmar Warehouse Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar Warehouse

“Any suggestion of a correlation between the leader of a certain nation and the homicidal gangsters we…

Posted in Old Vic Tamsin Oglesby Theatre

Not-a-review: Future Conditional, Old Vic

Dipping a toe into the waters of Matthew Warchus’ debut season at the Old Vic with Future…