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The Empress

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Tanika Gupta's play ignores the ills of Victorian rule

Once

Monday 22 April 2013

The transition from screen to stage of the hit musical Once doesn't altogether convince

Gibraltar

Thursday 18 April 2013

The conspiracy theory driving a play on the execution of three IRA militants in Gibraltar 25 years ago doesn't add up to much at all

La Traviata

Tuesday 16 April 2013

There's much to enjoy in a pared-down La Traviata

Narrative

Saturday 13 April 2013

Jerwood Theatre Upstairs Royal Court Theatre, London SW1

Cannibals

Thursday 11 April 2013

Rory Mullarkey wrote Cannibals while he was the Pearson writer-in-residence at the Royal Exchange.

Hamlet

Thursday 11 April 2013

Thrilled by the production but not convinced by Hamlet's ultimate representation

Sleeping Beauty

Monday 08 April 2013

The Brothers Grimm might struggle to recognise Sleeping Beauty from Matthew Bourne's new ballet adaptation.

Black Watch

Monday 08 April 2013

Enthused by an innovative production of a war story delivered by a brilliant cast

Mies Julie

Tuesday 26 March 2013

Set on an aristocratic estate in late 19th-century Sweden, August Strindberg's Miss Julie revolves around the antics of the mistress of the household and daughter of a count with the servants. Her emotional involvement with one of them, Jean, leads to a psychological and sexual power struggle.