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Descension review – FableMosh (Digital Release) ★★☆☆☆

Jim Keaveney8 months ago8 months ago

Lora Krasteva’s Descension kicks off a series of works on the new interactive digital theatre platform FableMosh, developed by Nottingham-based…

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Rhinoceros – Almeida Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney8 months ago8 months ago

Omar Elerian returns to the Almeida and to Eugène Ionesco, translating and directing Rhinocerous following his success with The Chairs…

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Animal Farm review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney8 months ago8 months ago

How many adaptations of George Orwell’s Animal Farm do you need? Last year saw Ian Wooldridge’s version tour Bolton, Hull…

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Kim’s Convenience review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★☆☆

Jim Keaveney9 months ago9 months ago

Kim’s Convenience has enjoyed a longer life than may have been predicted for it. Starting out at Toronto Fringe in…

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Mike Rice: Nasty Character (Digital release) ★★★★☆

Admin9 months ago9 months ago

‘It’s a great time for nasty men…’ Mike Rice says in the opening segment of his hour-long comedy special, recorded…

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Of Mice and Men review – Hull Truck ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney9 months ago9 months ago

Modern readers have been increasingly less forgiving of the sexist and racist slurs that reflect the period in the classic…

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One Day When We Were Young review – Park Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Katie Shaw9 months ago9 months ago

Review by Katie Shaw One Day When We Were Young is a brilliant play in three parts about love, loss, hope…

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The House Party review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney9 months ago9 months ago

To say that Laura Lomas has recast Miss Julie for Gen Z is both accurate and reductive. This loose adaptation of August Strindberg’s 1888 classic play, directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan, is an intelligent update centred on modern class, power and sexual politics.

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Hamlet review – Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney9 months ago9 months ago

It goes without saying that Shakespeare is ripe for interpretation. Hamlet is a play frequently moulded to fit directors’ visions….

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Chiroptera review – Place de l’Opéra (Digital release) ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney9 months ago9 months ago

Recorded live on 12 November 2023 and available to stream for free, Chiroptera is a collaboration between the artist JR, choreographer Damien Jalet and composer Thomas Bangalter, famously of Daft Punk.

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