Blog: Unpicking the distinctive appeal of Edward Albee
The late Edward Albee is in vogue in the UK right now. Ian Rickson’s production of the US playwright’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? starring Damian Lewis and ...
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Review: The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Modern drama, for me, often evokes the same reaction as modern art does. I consume it, I often enjoy it, but I also am left wondering ‘why?’. Why would someone ...
Review: Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Haymarket
The four friends that depart for the Western Front at the end of Christopher Luscombe’s Edwardian reimagining of Love’s Labour’s Lost for the RSC, return in his...
Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Theatre Royal Haymarket
The RSC’s twin productions of Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing have enjoyed a sparkling few years, first playing to acclaim in Stratford-upon-Avo...
Review: The Libertine, Theatre Royal Haymarket
John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, was the licentious libertine who embodied the spirit of the Restoration era. After King Charles II returned to the thron...
Review: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Pixie Lott glitters as socialite Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. She makes the part more brazenly modern than the sophisticated glamour that Audrey H...