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…
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Review: National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (2017)
byWritten at the mid-point of his career Twelfth Night (or, What you Will) is arguably the standout best comedy that Shakespeare ever wrote. Adapted…
Review: National Theatre Life: Amadeus (2016)
by‘Amadeus’ means ‘love of God’. It’s interpreted in a few ways but in this context it would mean ‘beloved of the Almighty’; the big…
Review: National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016)
bySuch a display of cynicism has rarely been seen on stage as that in Rufus Norris‘ staging of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera. Its…
Review: National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016)
byThe McDonagh brothers have produced some of the best written and most genuinely funny plays and films in recent memory. John Michael McDonagh achieved…
Review: National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2015)
byTaking the now common route of casting a male in the role of Lady Bracknell, Adrian Noble directs his own version of Oscar Wilde’s…
Film Review: National Theatre Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem (2015)
byEarly 18th century playwright George Farquhar apparently didn’t quite live long enough to see his play manifest on stage, which is a real shame….
Review: The Kitchen, National Theatre Live
byThere is a certain feeling you get when you walk into a theatre. An atmosphere is palpable and usually that particular theatre-smell (or should…