As theatres are closed across the UK during this time many theatres are facing potential closure and are screening past plays and performances online with the hope of keeping Londons theatre scene alive for the future. Some of the plays being broadcasted are free, with an option to donate, and others are screening them asContinue reading “Theatre at Home”
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THEATRE REVIEW: Cyrano De Bergerac
The Jamie Lloyd Theatre company production of Cyrano De Bergerac has just finished in the West End but it is going to New York soon. I saw the play for the dress rehearsal when the company were doing a pay-as-much-as-you-can showing as part of their ‘theatre is for all’ campaign. As a student it canContinue reading “THEATRE REVIEW: Cyrano De Bergerac”
THEATRE REVIEW: The Lehman Trilogy
I saw The Lehman trilogy last summer in London but today it opens in New York on Broadway. It is such an incredibly directed and performed play that I had to write something about it – so any readers in New York or planning to visit soon this is for you. The play tells theContinue reading “THEATRE REVIEW: The Lehman Trilogy”
THEATRE REVIEW: Uncle Vanya (2020)
A few weeks ago I saw Uncle Vanya, it is a Chekov play about a crumbling family, described on their website – “In the heat of summer, Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally by only the localContinue reading “THEATRE REVIEW: Uncle Vanya (2020)”
THEATRE REVIEW: Upstart Crow
Last Wednesday I saw Upstart Crow at the Gielgud theatre in London. It is an adaptation of the tv sitcom of the same name. Inspired by the critique by Robert Green in his pamphlet ‘Groatsworth of Wit’, The play as with the series was written by Ben Elton and so it very much had theContinue reading “THEATRE REVIEW: Upstart Crow”