Category: West End
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I love curtain calls at the end of plays. It's a revealing time when characters are shaken off – or not – when faces perhaps show the person underneath the acting mask. View from the stage at the RSC Swan Theatre. Photo Rev Stan They can also be a time of japes, fun and banter.…
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Richard Armitage's Astrov is looking at Aimee Lou Wood's Sonya, a wave agony and confusion on his face. It is approaching the culmination of what is a charged, layered and yet very funny Uncle Vanya, a production in which not a character is wasted. Richard Armitage and Aimee Lou Wood in Uncle Vanya. Photo: Johan…
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It doesn't matter if you've never seen Ben Elton's TV comedy series, Upstart Crow, (I hadn't) as the stage play is a stand-alone piece. David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan in Upstart Crow the play. Photo: Johan Persson Having some familiarity with Shakespeare's plays helps although I confess I couldn't tell you the plot of Measure…
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I know when Alan Cumming was talking about crossing his character's 'wasted' legs on the Graham Norton Show a few weeks ago it was a joke but there was a small part of me that was waiting for it to happen when I went to see Endgame. There is humour in Beckett's play about master…
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Excited about this production of Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre? It's currently in preview and due to officially open this week but in the meantime here are the official production photos to whet your appetite. Toby Jones and Richard Armitage lead a starry cast which also includes Aimee Lou Wood, Ciaran Hinds, Rosalind…
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Uncle Vanya starring Toby Jones and Richard Armitage (who was brilliant in The Crucible) is one of the hot theatre tickets of 2020 and the rehearsal images landed today. The cast also includes Aimee Lou Wood, Ciaran Hinds, Rosalind Eleazar, Anna Calder-Marshall, Dearbhla Molloy and Peter Wight. It's directed by Ian Rickson it opens for…
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It's been tough but I've managed to whittle down my 'best theatre of 2019' list to 10 plays, well, one isn't actually a play but deserves a place nonetheless. So here goes, in no particular order: Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash 1. Downstate, National Theatre A challenging, difficult play with humour and wit inflected…
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I always go to the theatre expecting something good, hopefully amazing, but it doesn't always work out that way for a variety of reasons. Here is a list of what hasn't impressed me, my 5 least favourite plays of 2019. In no particular order (links through to my reviews): 1. When We Have Sufficiently Tortured…