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Nic Green's Trilogy at the Barbican
Nic Green’s stirring and very moving Trilogy, at the Barbican last weekend, wears its message firmly on its often naked…
Arabian Nights
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: An adaptation of a classic book for stage or screen is usually greeted with howls of protest…
THEATRE REVIEW - Nation, National Theatre
Terry Pratchett’s Nation, adapted for the Olivier stage at the National Theatre by Mark Ravenhill, is set squarely at the…
Ennio Marchetto: Living Paper Cartoon
SOUTHBANK CENTRE: Ennio Marchetto is a dynamo of a man, and in full flight in his one man show, you…
THEATRE REVIEW - The Fahrenheit Twins, Barbican
I have not read Michael Faber’s The Fahrenheit Twins but seeing Told by an Idiot’s stage version of it in…
THEATRE REVIEW - Pains of Youth, National Theatre
The one thing aphorisms about 'youth' have in common is a consensus that it is good to be young. Not…
THEATRE REVIEW - Architecting, The Pit (Barbican)
Architecting draws heavily on both the film and book of Gone With The Wind. At 150 minutes, it is pretty…
THEATRE REVIEW - Twelfth Night, Courtyard Theatre
Have a bloody good time if it’s designer Robert Jones’ Ilyria in Gregory Doran’s Twelfth Night, currently in the Courtyard…
ART FAIR REVIEW - Frieze Art Fair 2009
This time round though the yearly extravaganza took a rather sober stance and as a regular one couldn’t help but…
THEATRE REVIEW - Raoul, Barbican Theatre
The best stage magicians are those who make you gasp with amazement at their ability to force you to suspend…