Tag: Peter Nichols

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10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2019

Flashes of excellence can be found in the midst of any production so this list celebrates some…

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Review: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Trafalgar Studios

A strongly cast production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg proves a fitting tribute…

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Review: Privates on Parade, Union Theatre

“Everyone knows it’s the start of the Third World War”   Written in 1977 about events in…

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Album Review: Privates on Parade (1977)

  “Remember the yearning we felt inside” This 1977 recording of Denis King’s music is not going…

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Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

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Review: Passion Play, Duke of York’s

“That’s what men want to hear…pornography” The trio of recent major Peter Nicholls revivals is completed with…

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Review: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Rose Theatre Kingston

“There’s a limit to what you can do” Good theatre makes you think, but great theatre makes…

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Re-review: Privates on Parade, Noël Coward Theatre

“We’ll press upon the enemy until he’s in a funk, And show him its no easy thing…

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Review: Privates on Parade, Noël Coward Theatre

“How many sorts of people there are”   Well what an unexpected thing Privates on Parade turned…