Rev Stan's Theatre Blog
London theatre reviews and interviews
Category: Non-plays
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Tom Bateman and Jessie Buckley in The Winter's Tale, Garrick Theatre. Photo: Johan Persson I'm told by my friends on social media that this doesn't technically count as my first theatre trip of 2016 but that doesn't mean I can't write a bit about it as I won't get a chance to see it live…
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Iliad cast & creative – click for bigger image On Friday #IliadLive was trending on Twitter, a remarkable feat considering it was essentially a 16-hour live reading of an Ancient Greek epic poem – not the sort of thing you normally expect social media to get excited about. Even more remarkable that among the cast…
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To call A Simple Space an acrobatics show doesn't really do it justice: For sixty minutes I was smiling and agog. This Australian troop of five men and two women perform a series of spectacular feats some of which you have to see to believe. Most of it is done without props, using each other…
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If you cross the Blue Man Group with Japanese pop culture, electro music and video then you'll have an idea of what Siro-A's show is all about. The six performers are dressed in white rather than blue but over the course of 60 minutes spin through a number of 'acts' which involve video projections, light,…
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Think Priscilla: Queen of the Desert crossed with Cirque du Soleil and you'll get the idea behind Briefs – A Second Coming (or just watch the trailer from their first show). This troupe of camp acrobats and drag queens from Australia have put together a fun, frolicking and very grown up cabaret and brought it…
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For something a little bit different, something that is a unique twist of juggling, dance, comedy and drama head to the upside down purple cow on London's South Bank. Gandini Juggling are in residence with their show Smashed which is skillfully and often beautifully performed by the troupe of seven men and two women using…
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I was in awe, probably far more than I should have been, to be in the same room as theatre and film director Sam Mendes on Monday night. Love his work and there he was on stage chairing a Q&A with Sir Richard Eyre and Stan fav Simon Russell Beale following a preview of the…
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Have only seen one production of Shakespeare's Henry IV part I and that was when I was studying it for O-level (yes I am old enough to have done O-levels). Since then haven't been near and I never touched part 2 although I always had an inkling for how things might turn out. But, wow, what…
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If you've never booked to see a play recording in the theatre video archive at the V&A museum it is certainly an interesting experience shaped, quite naturally, by an environment designed for researchers rather than enjoying theatre. But soon, for a selected number of plays, there will the chance to see recordings in comfort, on…
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Accomplice London is a bit like Ghost Stories in that you don't want to reveal much so as not to spoil the experience for others. But that is as far as you can go with a comparison – on any level. Probably the best way to describe Accomplice, without giving anything away, is a theatrical,…