Andrew Bewley
12 Oct
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Review: AUTUMN GARDEN at Jermyn Street Theatre
By Andrew Bewley Wednesday, October 12 2016, 16:23
Bringing Lillian Hellmann’s favourite play, The Autumn Garden, to the London stage for the first time, Anthony Bigg's production is a delight.
Wonderfully subtle in its observation of Love and all its pitfalls (regret being the main focus) and beautifully slow paced.
04 Oct
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Review: THE LIBERTINE at the Haymarket Theatre
By Andrew Bewley Tuesday, October 4 2016, 10:23
Stephen Jeffrey’s play about famed hell-raiser, conversationalist and filthy poet John Wilmot (Dominic Cooper) is set during the reign of King Charles II and investigates Wilmot’s short-lived, adult life. It marks the long-awaited return of Dominic Cooper to the West End Stage after he shot to theatrical stardom as Dakin in Alan Bennett’s 2004 award-winning National Theatre production, The History Boys.
09 Sep
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Review: Britten in Brooklyn Review at Wilton's Music Hall
By Andrew Bewley Friday, September 9 2016, 11:24
I was very excited about this production. One of the best theatre experiences i’ve ever had was an Oli Rose production at Hoxton Hall seven years ago; leading-man Ryan Sampson (Britten) is one of the most versatile young actors around (I loved him in the musical From Here to Eternity and his Grumio, in TV show Plebs, is one of the great comedic incarnations of my recent memory); and Wilton Music Hall is one of the most beautiful venues i’ve seen outside the West End.
19 Jul
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Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES at the Duke of York's Theatre
By Andrew Bewley Tuesday, July 19 2016, 12:57
It’s the 60s. Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy presents three couples: Frank and Teresa Foster (old, stuffy and, in Frank’s words, married “because it’s better than nothing”), Bob and Theresa Phillips (burdened with a child, and burdened by each other for most of the play, before passionately resolving their differences in the bedroom) and William and Mary Featherstone (you really pull for these two: Mary is scared of social situations, and William has spent all his life trying to make Mary less scared of social situations, but Mary is still really scared of social situations..and sherry).
30 Jun
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Review: THE SHADOW KING at the Barbican
By Andrew Bewley Thursday, June 30 2016, 12:26
Transposing the story of King Lear to Australia, Shadow King presents a Lear as the leader of an indigenous community based in the Northern Territory of Australia. Tommy E Lewis’s King Lear is a cheeky child-like, Del Boy figure who chooses to divide his land among his three daughters, with the amount that they are each to receive based upon how well they answer Lear’s question: “How much do you love me?”. Two out of three (Goneril and Regan) give splendidly sycophantic and deceitful answers whilst Cordelia - shocked by her father’s actions - refuses to participate. Subsequently, Lear banishes Cordelia for her lack of love setting in motion a series of events that lead to family feuding, territorial jealousy and we’re off on our tragic way.
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