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Good Person of Szechwan Barbican cropped

Review: The Good Person of Szechwan, Barbican Theatre, London

February 10, 2019 mstjl Reviews

Russian director Yury Butusov has gained a reputation for visually stunning, imaginative re-inventions of classic plays from Shakespeare’s Richard III and Hamlet to a highly

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Review: Outlying Islands, King’s Head Theatre, London

January 18, 2019 mstjl Reviews

Islands inhabit a special place in the imagination. For Shakespeare’s Prospero, it is a place for magic and self-discovery, while it brings out the savage

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Approaching Empty, Kiln Theatre, London

January 15, 2019 mstjl Reviews

Ishy Din’s new play Approaching Empty opens on news of the death of Margaret Thatcher but, in the world of taxi company Kings Cars in Yorkshire, her

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Seagull Satirikon

Review: The Seagull, Satirikon Theatre, Moscow (Stage Russia)

January 14, 2019 mstjl Reviews

The Seagull is one of Chekhov’s most regularly staged plays, often revived in Britain and last year seen in a film version starring Saoirse Ronan

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Caroline or change

Caroline, or Change, Playhouse Theatre, London

December 21, 2018 mstjl Reviews

In Britain, we expect great musicals to have an epic sweep, tap-dancing through rollercoaster love affairs or striding through the crossroads of history. In contrast,

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Doctor Faustus Globe

Doctor Faustus, The Globe, London

December 17, 2018 mstjl Reviews

In the surviving texts of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, there are only two female characters – one has a handful of lines, the other is

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Switzerland

Switzerland, Ambassadors Theatre, London

December 16, 2018 mstjl Reviews

According to playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, her research into Patricia Highsmith revealed her to be “deeply unlikeable, nasty, mean, cruel and narcissistic”. Much of this misanthropy

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Chekhov's First Play BAC

Review: Chekhov’s First Play, Battersea Arts Centre, London

November 7, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Before he revolutionised theatre, Anton Chekhov had a go at writing his first play at the age of just 19. Rejected for performance, it languished

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I and You Hampstead Theatre

Review: I and You, Hampstead Theatre, London

October 30, 2018 mstjl Reviews

After Shakespeare, Lauren Gunderson was the most produced playwright in the US last year, partly thanks to her finely crafted play, I and You. First

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Very Very Very Dark Matter Johnetta Eula'Mae Ackles (Marjory) and Jim Broadbent (Hans) photo Manuel Harlan

Review: A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre, London

October 26, 2018 mstjl Reviews

Hans Christian Andersen is responsible for handing down to us some of the greatest and best-loved stories of Western culture from The Ugly Duckling to

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Guys and Dolls Royal Albert Hall

Review: Guys and Dolls Live in Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London

October 21, 2018 mstjl Reviews

There have been some phenomenal productions of the classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls in Britain, from Richard Eyre’s unforgettable version at the National Theatre

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Taste of the Town Rose Kingston

Review: The Taste of the Town, Rose Theatre Kingston, London

October 10, 2018 mstjl Reviews

In Nick Dear’s 1986 play The Art of Success, he explored the role of the artist in society through the painter and engraver William Hogarth

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