Review: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noel Coward Theatre
Watching The Lieutenant of Inishmore you get the feeling that everyone on stage is having a good time. That might just be down to the darkly comic script as pen...
Martin McDonagh
Review: Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre
After a sell-out stint at the Royal Court this autumn, Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen continues to delight West End audiences at the Wyndham’s Theatre with its illus...
Review: Hangmen, Royal Court Theatre
Hangmen, staged in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, presents Martin McDonagh’s first published play since 2010, and is a long-awaited return. The p...
Review: The Pillowman, Town Hall Theatre
Artists’ rights and principles are complicated issues. It’s tempting to take Katurian, the writer imprisoned by a totalitarian regime in The Pillowman, as a sta...
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
I’ve never really been all that enthralled by Shakespeare’s comedies. Give me a meaty King Lear or Macbeth any day, dripping with blood and venom, than the li...
Review: The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Misery, turmoil, lies, more misery, and a bit of onstage torture thrown in for good measure. The Beauty Queen of Leenane is not a happy play. In fact, Martin Mc...