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Gillian Choy
Dec 12, 20243 min read
National Theatre Review: 'Ballet Shoes' Soars Above the Stage
The stellar performances from everyone in the cast are everything: moving, humorous, and uplifting.
Amy Calladine
Oct 12, 20245 min read
“DON’T LOOK AT ME”: ‘The Other Place’, A Play That Begs You to Avert Your Eyes, Explained
This play is a twisted and singular success, with echoes of Antigone's tragedy in its melodrama.
Gillian Choy
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Reviewing The National's 'Coriolanus': Lay The Play and The Man to Rest
While everyone has been itching to stage this play in the last decade, it takes work to make an exceptional adaptation.
Georgia Gibson
Oct 2, 20243 min read
Awe-Inspiring Puppetry for a Deeply Human Story: Reviewing 'War Horse', Galloping Across the UK on Tour
At the heart of this play is an ode to the “little man”, as characters on both sides of the war are treated with compassion.
Georgia Gibson
Aug 22, 202416 min read
Meet Bridgerton's Lucas Aurelio: Discussing his LGBTQ+ Storyline, London Theatre, and All-Things-Acting
Dearest Gentle Reader, there are spoilers for Bridgerton Season 3: Part 2 ahead... “The wine has made you rather charming,” says...
Georgia Gibson
Jul 22, 20244 min read
Juicy, Tender, and Packs a Punch: Reviewing 'The Hot Wing King' at the National Theatre
Characters are three-dimensional and credible, and they come alive under Weise’s direction and a highly talented cast.
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Apr 5, 20243 min read
Politics is Personal: Reviewing 'Nye' at the National Theatre
Full of Welsh whimsy, political integrity and technicolour, Nye immerses you. Staged and Good Omens actor Michael Sheen is Aneurin Bevan,...
Georgia Gibson
Aug 31, 20234 min read
Vibrancy Swept the Stage: Reviewing 'The Odyssey: The Underworld' at the National Theatre
Vibrant is perhaps the best descriptor for the opening performance of The Odyssey: The Underworld, the play by Chris Bush that marks the...
Georgia Gibson
Jul 14, 20234 min read
The National Theatre's New Views Winner: 3.2.1 by Kiera Grierson
It is a rare privilege to experience the work of a new generation of talented writers up-close, especially in an age of funding cuts for...
Natty Sae Jew
Aug 20, 20202 min read
NT At Home Review: Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of George III
In the introduction to the play’s text, Alan Bennett claimed that the eighteenth-century ‘was not an inspiring period’. Funnily enough,...
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