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Review: Misalliance, Orange Tree Theatre, London

December 13, 2017 mstjl Reviews

George Bernard Shaw ominously subtitled his 1910 play Misalliance as a “debate in one sitting”, preparing us for a wordy intellectual platform of ideas lacking

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Daisy Pulls It Off Park Theatre

Review: Daisy Pulls It Off, Park Theatre, London

December 10, 2017 mstjl Reviews

Daisy Pulls It Off ran for three years in the West End (and was one of the first shows I ever saw at the theatre) so

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Dear Brutus Southwark Playhouse

Review: Dear Brutus, Southwark Playhouse, London

December 5, 2017 mstjl Reviews

Peter Pan is well established as a Christmas favourite but creator JM Barrie explored alternate worlds in another much lesser-known play, Dear Brutus. First performed

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Review: The Passing of the Third Floor Back, Finborough Theatre, London

December 1, 2017 mstjl Reviews

Now best-known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K Jerome was once also famous for a major West End and Broadway

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Review: The Lady from the Sea, Donmar Warehouse, London

October 23, 2017 mstjl Reviews

Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea is given a fresh new canvas in Elinor Cook’s excellent adaptation for the Donmar Warehouse. The mountains of west Norway

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Feature: The Globe brings to life plays before Shakespeare

August 5, 2017 mstjl Features

Mark Ludmon finds out how researchers, actors and directors are bringing back little-known Elizabethan plays On a winter’s day in London in 1582, the court

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Feature: Audra McDonald’s ‘long journey’ to playing Lady Day

May 30, 2017 mstjl Features

Mark Ludmon reports for BritishTheatre.com on Audra McDonald’s “long journey” to playing Billie Holiday on stage I fell in love with the voice of Audra

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Feature: New look at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

August 3, 2015 mstjl Features

Mark Ludmon reports for Bar magazine on the new-look bar and café at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London Dating back to 1932, Regent’s

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Understudy National Theatre

Feature: The National Theatre’s new bar, The Understudy

May 18, 2015 mstjl Features

The Understudy has opened as part of the National Theatre’s transformation of its drinking and dining, reports Mark Ludmon for Bar magazine From front of

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Feature: The ‘new generation’ of theatre bars

September 15, 2013 mstjl Features

Mark Ludmon reports on a “new generation of theatre bars” where cocktails and craft beers play a major role Traditionally, theatre bars have been just

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Review: Driving Miss Daisy, Wyndham’s Theatre, London

December 1, 2011 mstjl Reviews

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry Wyndham’s Theatre, London It is often forgotten that the award-winning 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy started life as a

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'13' by Mike Bartlett, National Theatre 2011 left to right: DANNY WEBB (Stephen), TRYSTAN GRAVELLE (John), GERALDINE JAMES (Ruth). Photo by Marc Brenner

Review: 13, National Theatre, London

November 1, 2011 mstjl Reviews

The premise of Mike Bartlett’s latest play, 13, is to present a group of disparate, apparently unconnected people across London who are troubled by an

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