Saturday, December 6, 2014
Hackney Downs Studios, LondonThis ambitious co-production from a charity that works with young people from care backgrounds has an energy and professionalism worthy of the West End Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMThursday, December 4, 2014
This radical reboot of Dick Whittington puts more traditional pantomimes in the shade, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:12AMSaturday, October 25, 2014
Duke of Yorks, LondonTim Firths 1992 comedy offers plenty of laughs and a stunning set but suffers from a weak denouement Interview: Nevilles Island star Adrian Edmondson on his work with Ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMWednesday, October 22, 2014
A new play at the Tricycle Theatre is full of insight but not quite spooky enough, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:23AMSaturday, October 18, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, LondonJane Horrocks leads a first-rate cast, but does the play still address the issues faced by todays British Muslims? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, October 3, 2014
James Dacre's revival of Tennessee Williams' 1955 play has overcome backstage problems remarkably well, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:20AMSaturday, September 6, 2014
Southwark PlayhouseThis controversial musical about US marines on the eve of war is a critique not a celebration of macho posturing Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThursday, August 28, 2014
How do you get over stage fright? Learn your lines? Make the most of auditions? Handle rejection? Stars of stage and screen tell their secrets to Laura Barnett, in this extract from her new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, August 22, 2014
Artist Alison Jackson has brought her first "opera", in which celeb lookalikes mouth along to famous arias, to Summerhall on the Edinburgh Fringe. Laura Barnett is unimpressed
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:56AMThursday, August 21, 2014
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt, conceived and directed by Cora Bissett, is part live gig, part play. Laura Barnett applauds a brilliantly innovative show
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:03AMWednesday, August 20, 2014
Simon Callow's stage turn as Juvenal has some spine-tingling moments, says Laura Barnett - but not enough
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:58PMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Laura Barnett reviews the parody of EL James' trilogy
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:11AMMonday, August 18, 2014
Comedian Richard Herring has hit on a fascinating subject in his play about Rasputin's infamous killer, Prince Felix Yusupov - but his script can't quite decide whether it's funny or not, sa…
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:40AMMeera Syal ignores them, John Hurt gets drunk and writes to them, Peter Egan thinks he's fair game ... Five actors tell us how they respond to the critics Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMeera Syal ignores them, John Hurt gets drunk and writes to them, Peter Egan thinks he's fair game ... Five actors tell us how they respond to the critics• Diana Rigg: No Turn Unstoned –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, August 17, 2014
A moving meditation on failed ambition
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:52AMSaturday, August 16, 2014
Nancy Dell'Olio has both charm and chutzpah to spare, as her Fringe debut proves - but her show is desperately in need of development, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:10AMFriday, August 15, 2014
In a 10-day stint at the Edinburgh Fringe, Diana Rigg examines some of history's nastiest theatre reviews. Laura Barnett is entertained
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:07PMLaura Barnett finds the Paper Birds' latest show, an examination of our often vexed relationship with money, both brave and slapdash
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:32AMThursday, August 14, 2014
A surprisingly uplifting show about living with depression, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:46AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
David Mamet's Race is one of the key productions in this year's Assembly season of South African theatre, says Laura Barnett - but it lacks the pyrotechnics of the playwright at his best
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:21AMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, by the Australian company Back to Back Theatre, is a clever metatheatrical game, says Laura Barnett - but it loses sight of its story
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Laura Barnett finds Olivia Poulet utterly convincing in Mark Ravenhill's Product - but the play's satire has lost some of its bite
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:31AMThe Russian company SounDrama Studio wows Laura Barnett with The War, a strange, powerful meditation on the psychological effects of the First World War
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:27AMLaura Barnett finds Exhibit B, the South African director Brett Bailey's painful meditation on race and colonial history, both powerful and problematic
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:58AMSunday, August 10, 2014
Men in the Cities by Chris Goode is a fractious, emotive exploration of what it means to be a man in Britain today, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:51AMMonday, August 4, 2014
Beatboxer Grace Savage, a 'freak' woman in a male-dominated scene, will be making some noise at Edinburgh to show women the power of sound Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMSaturday, August 2, 2014
An innovative stage group is trying to break down the barriers between boffins and the rest of us Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe Iranian playwright on being misunderstood and why he loves to tamper with the rules of theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMArcola, LondonThis tale of an Iraqi man's identity crisis in Britain is audacious but fails to ring entirely true Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSunday, July 27, 2014
The former punk rocker on what he's planning for his one-man show at the Edinburgh fringe Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM 
