Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
byWhen one of the finest actors of his generation leads in a play by the greatest writer in the history of the English language…
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Review: National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
byI can only imagine how daunting it must be to contemplate adapting the Scottish play for stage and then wonder how on earth you…
Review: National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2018)
byTennessee Williams’ play, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1955, explores the nature of truth, lies, death, family and alcohol. For their latest performance,…
Review: National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
byWhen it’s tempting to moan about how bad we’ve got it with our politicians, it pays to flick over the pages of history for…
Review: National Theatre Live: Young Marx (2018)
byKarl Marx. A name that inspires equal amounts of fervent respect and spiteful hatred, depending on which group you’re talking to. A genius of…
Review: National Theatre Live: Peter Pan (2017)
by115 years after J.M. Barrie created him, Peter Pan is still an icon of popular culture with a new film, television appearance or stage…
Review: National Theatre Live: Yerma (2017)
byAt only 33, Australian actor/director Simon Stone is a name that most diehard theatre lovers will know. If you haven’t, be prepared to hear…
Review: National Theatre Live: Angels in America (2017)
by“In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead.” – Harper Pitt, Angels in…
Review: National Theatre Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2017)
byThe marathon length National Theatre Live performance of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? may well be one of the most immersive cinema experiences of…
Review: National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
byLuchino Visconti’s 1943 film Ossessione may be one of the lasting classics of Italian neo-realist cinema, but judging by Ivo van Hove’s clumsy adaptation…