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News: Pubs and theatre. An age-old pairing.
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News: The 28 Day Project launches wonderful opportunities
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News: TheatreCraft returns to help young people’s backstage careers
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BLOG: 5 Best Actors in Superhero Cinema
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Blog: Films to study for inspiration
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Blog: Shakespeare experimenting with the limits of contemporary drama
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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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The Comedy of Oedipus, Lion & Unicorn Theatre ✭
A seemingly straightforward plot is confused by poor framing and a displaced narrative, writes Ewan Stewart.
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The Comedy of Oedipus can hardly be accused of lacking in energy; the cast have it in abundance. However, a distinct lack of focus is apparent throughout.
Exploiting a conceit of Thebes in Greece and Thebes in Egypt, the story is the tale of a man attempting to solve all the world’s problems. This seemingly straightforward plot is confused by poor framing and a displaced narrative. It too often feels that the actors are all in a play of their own, that no one is listening, and that no one has anything real to lose.
At its finale the story presents us with the moral that individuals can’t solve society’s problems - simple and noble sentiment. But given that the plot has been so radically altered, bearing little semblance to the original, we’re left floundering to grasp why it has been used as a cipher to tell this moral at all.
* (1 star)
Runs until 13th July 2013
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