REVIEW: NINA
Reading Time: 2 minutesNINA, on at Battersea Arts Centre through 24 October, accomplishes what so many modern plays cannot: repurposes a well-mined classic into something genuinely relevant to contemporary audiences.
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REVIEW: An Oak Tree
Reading Time: 2 minutesTim Crouch’s seminal work An Oak Tree still stands up as a triumph in theatrical deconstruction
REVIEW: The Nature of Forgetting
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor Theatre Re’s tenth anniversary season, The Nature of Forgetting returns to London at the Hackney Empire before touring the UK, China, Korea and the US.
REVIEW: East is East
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Bafta-winning play-turned-film East Is East appears at the Citizens’ Theatre this season, thirty years after first appearing at Birmingham Rep in 1996.
REVIEW: Cuban Baroque
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is something intriguing and contradictory about Cuban Baroque, presented by Carlos Acosta’s Acosta Danza at Sadler’s Wells.
REVIEW: The Virtuous Burglar
Reading Time: 2 minutesRounding off an exceptional rep season on Tuesday, five actors began their run of their fifth play in five weeks, Dario Fo's The Virtuous Burglar .
REVIEW: Little Shop of Horrors
Reading Time: 2 minutesCelebrating its 40th anniversary, classic film ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ fills the intimate confines of Hope Mill Theatre with energy.
REVIEW: Barnum: The Circus Musical
Reading Time: 3 minutesPreviously brought to the screen by the hit film The Greatest Showman, P.T. Barnum, who produced what was known as the ‘world’s greatest show’, is having his story hit the stage once again.
REVIEW: The Silence of the Lambs
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn its first stage adaptation, written by Gina Gionfriddo and directed by Nikolai Foster, The Silence of the Lambs looks spectacular, but struggles to innovate.
REVIEW: Waitress
Reading Time: 2 minutesSara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s acclaimed and beloved musical ‘Waitress’ bakes up a storm in Glasgow under the direction of Diane Paulus.