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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Folk, Hampstead Downstairs review - thoughtful play about folklorist Cecil Sharp by Helen Hawkins

Nell Leyshon's play-with-music asks questions of a legacy Cecil Sharp, heritage hero or imperialist appropriator? If you attended school in the first half of the 19th century, you would have…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:18AM

Monday, December 20, 2021

Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre review - must-see revival for Tony-winning musical by Helen Hawkins

A triumphant musical about teenage angst When Berliners sat down to watch Franz Wedekind’s debut play Fruhlings Erwachen – Spring Awakening – in 1906, they had little inkling of the k…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:06PM

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Habeas Corpus, Menier Chocolate Factory review - grappling with Alan Bennett's anti-farce by Helen Hawkins

Has director Patrick Marber boobed this time? In his 1973 play Habeas Corpus, now revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory under the direction of Patrick Marber, Alan Bennett had his way with…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:03AM

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Straight White Men, Southwark Playhouse review - an exciting Korean-American playwright arrives in the UK by Helen Hawkins

Hilarious and probing satire from Young Jean Lee The Korean-American writer Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, currently enjoying its UK debut at Southwark Playhouse, is presented with…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:54AM

Monday, November 15, 2021

little scratch, Hampstead Downstairs review - a maverick director surpasses herself by Helen Hawkins

Katie Mitchell hits a new career high Katie Mitchell’s desire to bust the boundaries of theatre has taken a brilliant turn. Over her long and distinguished career as a director she has be…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:03PM

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Brian and Roger: A Highly Offensive Play, Menier Chocolate Factory review - not for the squeamish by Helen Hawkins

The Menier opens its new second stage with this podcast-turned-play What counts as offensive in these days of cancel culture? Ham-fisted pronoun usage? Culturally appropriated hairstyles? To…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:24AM

Monday, October 18, 2021

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Lyric Hammersmith review - matchless revival of a contemporary classic by Helen Hawkins

Martin McDonagh's breakthrough play dazzles anew “You can’t kick a cow in Leenane without some bastard holding a grudge for 20 years,” sighs Pato Dooley (Adam Best) prophetically; he h…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:12AM

Sunday, October 3, 2021

curious, Soho Theatre review - a young playwright puts herself centre-stage by Helen Hawkins

Can a runaway slave help a black actress love the theatre more? Jasmine Lee-Jones has a hard act to follow - namely, herself. Her award-winning 2019 debut play, seven methods of killing kyli…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:36PM

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Lava, Bush Theatre review - poetic writing, mesmerically performed by Helen Hawkins

Debut work from Benedict Lombe is a red-hot poem of protest What’s in a name? In Benedict Lombe’s incendiary debut play at the Bush Theatre, the answer to this question encompasses a wh…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:32AM

Monday, June 14, 2021

After Life, National Theatre review - thanks for the memories by Helen Hawkins

Intriguing, inventive play from Jack Thorne and Headlong Limbo, in Jack Thorne’s latest play, is a room lined ceiling-high with drawers, a sort of morgue rebooted as a vast filing system. …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:24AM

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