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News: Pubs and theatre. An age-old pairing.
This exciting project will no doubt resonate with anyone that has ever stepped into a pub, so this February, grab your pint of Drunken Nights and witness something completely original and unique.
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News: The 28 Day Project launches wonderful opportunities
The 28 Day Project is an exciting initiative offering emerging talent a step into the film business.
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Have you got the Star Wars X Factor?
Thousands turned away at open auditions after standing in the rain for hours.
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News: TheatreCraft returns to help young people’s backstage careers
The 8th annual event returns to the Royal Opera House later this month.
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BLOG: Theatre: the best casino shows around the world
Casinos around the world offer some of the best theatrical entertainment you can find.
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BLOG: 5 Best Actors in Superhero Cinema
Is “superhero” acting any less challenging?
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Blog: Films to study for inspiration
Watching great actors can often inform your own work.
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Blog: Shakespeare experimenting with the limits of contemporary drama
Briony Rawle heads to Yorkshire and takes a closer look at Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
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Review: Bat Boy, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭
A campy fun musical with bite screams Douglas Mayo.
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Review: Visitors, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Barney Norris first full-length play is an exquisitely written examination of love and loss, writes Alex Delaney.
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Review: 1984, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
This fresh vision of 1984 feels like a rediscovery of Orwell’s dystopia, writes Sophia Longhi.
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Review: Secret Theatre – Show 4, Lyric Hammersmith ✭✭✭✭
This review comes with a capitalised, emboldened and even italicised, SPOILER ALERT. That should do, writes Briony Rawle.
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Review: King Lear – RSC @ Roundhouse ****
In the RSC version playing at the Roundhouse, Greg Hicks, as Lear, offers Honour Bayes a unique and original King.
Friday 28th January 2011 -
Review: Three Sisters – Noel Coward **
Honour Bayes continues her immersion into the Sovremennik Russian season at the Noel Coward theatre, with a less than engaging Three Sisters.
Thursday 27th January 2011 -
Review: Twisted Tales – Lyric Hammersmith ****
At the Lyric Hammersmith, Josie Vaughan is satisfyingly shaken rather than spookily stirred by Dahl’s Twisted Tales.
Thursday 27th January 2011 -
Review: Into The Whirlwind – Noel Coward ***
Honour Bayes reviews Into the Whirlwind, the first in the Sovremennik Russian season at the Noel Coward and finds a cramped, intense story told with quiet artistry.
Monday 24th January 2011 -
Review: Twelfth Night – National ***
Peter Hall’s Twelfth Night for the National is refined and elegant, but shouldn’t it be a little more raucous and celebratory, wonders Honour Bayes
Friday 21st January 2011 -
Review: The Painter – Arcola *****
JBR is lulled into a ruminative delight by the world premier of Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s The Painter at the new Arcola Theatre.
Thursday 20th January 2011 -
Review: As You Like It – RSC @ Roundhouse ***
In a cerebral and sophisticated As You Like It at the Roundhouse, Honour Bayes finds a curious lack of joy.
Wednesday 19th January 2011 -
Review: Fitzrovia Radio Hour – Trafalgar Studio 2 ***
Honour Bayes enjoys jolly japery and some spiffing fun in Trafalgar Studio 2 at the Fitzrovia Radio Hour
Friday 14th January 2011 -
Review: Julius Caesar – RSC @ The Roundhouse ****
The RSC is back with a meaty piece of theatre, with Greg Hicks giving a commanding performance as the King, writes Honour Bayes.
Friday 14th January 2011 -
Review: Kissing Sid James – New Red Lion Theatre ***
Josie Vaughan is amused by a trip to Islington’s New Red Lion to see Kissing Sid James.
Tuesday 11th January 2011