Tag: Donmar Warehouse
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Inside the Rehearsals of…Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse
The new production of Noel Coward’s play will begin performances on the 7th April. Rehearsal images have now been released for Michael Longhurst’s revival of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, playing at the Donmar Warehouse from the 7th April until the 27th May 2023. It has been also announced by the theatre that a number of […]
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REVIEW: Marys Seacole, Donmar Warehouse
While the play is certainly topical, it feels very disorientating – particularly when the story of Mary Seacole seems to get lost. What I was expecting from Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play highlighting the story of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole was a straightforward biopic with her story being recounted maybe from the present day, with […]
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REVIEW: Henry V, Donmar Warehouse
This is a powerful and thought-provoking production is electrifying to watch from start to finish. When putting together their programme of plays for this season together, it is doubtful if the Donmar Warehouse realised just how important and timely putting this play on would be. But very sadly it is and I did find myself […]
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NEWS: Full Casting Announced for Donmar Warehouse’s Production of Henry V
The production will play at the theatre from the 12th February until the 9th April. The Donmar Warehouse has announced the full cast and CATALYST trainees for Donmar Associate Director Max Webster’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V, which begins performances next month. Joining the previously announced Kit Harington (Henry V) are Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop of Canterbury/Sir Thomas […]
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Review Round Up: Force Majeure, Donmar Warehouse
We round up the reviews for the stage adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s film. Exeunt Magazine: “Longhurst’s production gets at something about the couple’s alienation from each other, the plush grimness of the setting, and Tomas’ increasing desperation, in flashes which deviate from the naturalism of Tim Price’s mostly faithful script to something more expressionistic.” The […]
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REVIEW: Love and Other Acts of Violence, Donmar Warehouse
This fascinatingly powerful new play from Cordelia Lynn examines the vicious cycle of politics, history and discrimination through the eyes of one couple. One of the things that I love the most about theatre and those who write plays for the stage is the way in which it can bring not only stories to life […]
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Review Round Up: Blindness, Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse has opened its doors to present a socially distanced sound installation based on José Saramago’s novel. WhatsOnStage: **** “The adaptation cannot entirely escape the flaws of the novel; having had one brilliant idea Saramago it seems to me that he struggles to make enough of it. What is utterly transfixing, however, is […]
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NEWS: Donmar Warehouse to Temporarily Reopen in August
The theatre has announced it reopen temporarily for socially distanced sound installation. The Donmar Warehouse has announced that it will be open its doors temporarily for a socially distanced sound installation titled Blindness based on José Saramago’s novel, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Walter Meierjohann. As the lights change at a major crossroads […]
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REVIEW: Coriolanus, National Theatre at Home
Josie Rourke’s gripping and compelling production is mesmerising to watch as Coriolanus’s downfall is slowly unveiled. Goodness what an intense and powerful production of Shakespeare’s tragedy this is. From start to finish, this Donmar Warehouse production directed by Josie Rourke keeps audiences on the edge of their seat with every twist and turn. Returning […]
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Love London Love Culture’s Theatre Streaming Picks of the Week: Monday 1st June
For those who are missing the theatre, here’s a guide to some productions you will be able to watch this week… Random Selfies, Brixton House Theatre (4th June, 3.30pm): as part of its House to House project, the newly named Brixton House Theatre (formerly the Ovalhouse Theatre) delves into its archives to present Mike Kenny’s […]