Category: Review Round Up
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Review Round Up: Worth, Arcola Theatre
We take a look at what is being said about the world premiere of Joanne Lau’s new play. WhatsOnStage: ** “Jennifer Lim gives the least showy performance as elder daughter Penny and mother of Anthony, who tries to act as peacemaker.” The Guardian: *** “What begins as a dark comedy of manners – with Teddy […]
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Review Round Up: Hamnet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre
We take a look at what is being said about Lolita Chakrabarti’s staging of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel. The Guardian: *** “We end with Hamlet – Shakespeare’s homage to Hamnet – and it all stays as sweeping and sentimental as a Hollywood film but hooks us in nonetheless, strongly performed across the board, with a simple, beguiling […]
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Review Round Up: Camelot, Vivian Beaumont Theater
We take a look at what is being said about Aaron Sorkin’s take on Lerner and Loewe’s musical… Variety: “While previous, wan revivals turned out to be more “Camelittle,” Lincoln Center at least has delivered the goods in a fulsome production featuring a 27-member cast and a 30-piece orchestra under Kimberly Grigsby’s music direction and […]
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Review Round Up: Shucked, Nederlander Theatre
Broadway’s brand new musical has now officially opened – but what have critics had to say about it? The Guardian: *** “The overall tone for this two-hour show, directed by Jack O’Brien, careens from sweet to saucy, clever to puerile. It is consciously, with chummy self-awareness, trying to entertain – an exaggerated, though good-natured, send-up […]
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Review Round Up: The Dry House, Marylebone Theatre
We round up the reviews for Eugene O’Hare’s play starring Kathy Kiera Clarke, Mairead McKinley and Carla Langley. Broadway World: ** “The problem with hitting hard and fast is that writer and director Eugene O’Hare doesn’t have anywhere to go after dropping the dramatic payload in the first few minutes. The rest of the play […]
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Love London Love Culture’s Round Up of the Week: Sunday 9th April 2023
Here’s a round up of our most popular reads of the week (just in case you missed anything!)…. Interview With Stephen Hoo: we chatted to the actor about starring in the world premiere of Joanne Lau’s Worth, playing at the Arcola Theatre from the 7th to the 29th April before transferring to Chester’s Storyhouse, playing from […]
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Review Round Up: Ai Weiwei: Making Sense, Design Museum
We take a look at what is being said about this new exhibition at the Design Museum. The Observer: “Taken as whole, the show is about making, by hand and machine. It is about creation and destruction, about the humanity and persistence of stuff. It is partly elegiac, paying tribute to the skills and memories […]
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Review Round Up: The Rossettis, Tate Britain
Tate Britain explores the family’s approach to art, love and lifestyles in this brand new exhibition – but what have critics had to say about it? The Guardian: ** “Although this exhibition strives to set her verse alongside his art, there’s only so far you can go with bringing literature into the gallery via poems […]
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Review Round Up: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Apollo Theatre
Ryan Calais Cameron’s play arrives in the West End following runs at the New Diorama and Royal Court. But what do critics think? WhatsOnStage: **** “For all its energy, the show still feels slightly too long. Yet it adds up to a remarkable evening, its themes enlivened and illuminated by laughter and affection. It is […]
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Review Round Up: Sugar Coat, Southwark Playhouse
We round up the reviews for Celine Lowenthal‘s production, playing at the Southwark Playhouse’s Borough location. Broadway World: ***** “Pulling off a piece of gig theatre that still effectively tells a story isn’t easy. Director Celine Lowenthal makes the storytelling slick and smart, with clever use of the aisle and of a lack of physical […]