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Review: Outward Bound

Posted on 05 February 2012 by Peggitty Pollard-Davey

“Daring Drama! Clever Characterizations! Breath-taking situations! Aboard a mystery ship bound for an unknown port! A boy and a girl, madly in love, unmarried, seek a short cut to happiness. Follow them through the mists of adventure into a shadow world, vague and mysterious. Romance and drama – and an undying love! Outward Bound will [...]

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Review: The Pitchfork Disney

Posted on 05 February 2012 by Jake Orr

Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney in its revival at Arcola Theatre leaves you with more questions than it provides answers. Ridley’s text is wondrously descriptive, evoking a post-apocalyptic world where each character resorts to their primitive nature. Locked in a house and abandoned by their parents, Presley (Chris New) and Haley Stray (Mariah Gale) devour [...]

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Review: Elastic Bridge

Posted on 03 February 2012 by Peggitty Pollard-Davey

Despite the years spent visiting theatres in and around London, this is the first time I’ve stumbled across the Tabard. Above a pub of the same name and a minute’s walk from Turnham Green tube, the theatre has an impressive record stretching back to 1985. Firstly concentrating on new writing the venue, currently owned and [...]

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Review: The Winter’s Tale

Posted on 02 February 2012 by Laura Turner

Propeller has a reputation for re-imagining Shakespeare through an innovative approach to the text and a physical aesthetic. Artistic Director Edward Hall’s interpretation of The Winter’s Tale is no exception, yet the company openly embraces Elizabethan performance traditions, with productions featuring all-male casts. But is there an appeal to this version of Shakespeare’s notoriously problematic play that goes above and [...]

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