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La Ruta - Rahi Rezvani
20 Apr
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) Gabriela Carrizo / Jiří Kylián / Crystal Pite Simon McBurney at Sadlers Wells

In three parts, the evening begins with a weirdly ethereal scene by The Hague’s renowned Nederlands Dans Theater company entitled La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo. A flickering light at a bus shelter is all that illuminates a nearby night-time main road, where various people and animals become roadkill.

La Ruta - Rahi RezvaniLa Ruta - Picture by Rahi Rezvani

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Wizard of Oz New Cast
19 Apr
News
Eleni Cashell

Christina Bianco, Louis Gaunt and Dianne Pilkington to star in THE WIZARD OF OZ

Wizard of Oz New CastThere's some more familiar faces heading down the yellow brick road to the London Palladium.

It's been announced that Christina Bianco, Dianne Pilkington and Louis Gaunt will join THE WIZARD OF OZ this summer.

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Siobhán McSweeney (Maggie), Bláithín Mac Gabhann (Rose), Louisa Harland (Agnes), Justine Mitchell (Kate) & Alison Oliver (Chris) in Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
19 Apr
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at National Theatre Olivier

Brian Friel’s 1990 play set during harvest time at the village of Ballybeg somewhere in County Donegal, is intensely evocative of a world which has almost entirely disappeared. At the home of the five Mundy Sisters before the onset of the Second World War, there’s a daily battle to make ends meet whilst looking after the men in their lives — Uncle Jack (Ardal O’Hanlon) just returned from the leper colony in Ugandaand seven year old Michael Evans whose childhood memories recounted as an adult (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) serve to narrate the piece.

Siobhán McSweeney (Maggie), Bláithín Mac Gabhann (Rose), Louisa Harland (Agnes), Justine Mitchell (Kate) & Alison Oliver (Chris) in Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan PerssonSiobhán McSweeney (Maggie), Bláithín Mac Gabhann (Rose), Louisa Harland (Agnes), Justine Mitchell (Kate) & Alison Oliver (Chris) in Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

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Bleak Expectations cast
17 Apr
News
Eleni Cashell

Full cast and more guests announced for BLEAK EXPECTATIONS

Bleak Expectations castThe full ensemble cast for the upcoming production of BLEAK EXPECTATIONS has been confirmed, along with more guest stars.

Craig Ferguson and Robert Lindsay are the latest guest stars to join the star-studded line up.

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little scratch - New Diorama Theatre - L-R Eve Ponsonby, Eleanor Henderson, Rebekah Murrell & Ragevan Vasan (photo by Ellie Kurttz)
15 Apr
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: LITTLE SCRATCH at New Diorama

Arts journo Rebecca Watson’s widely praised debut novel little scratch was given the theatrical treatment by Miriam Battye and first presented as a performance piece at Hampstead Theatre, at the tail end of 2021. Directed by Katie Mitchell with an accompanying rhythmic score by Melanie Wilson, theatregoers get another chance to witness this extraordinarily original and uncompromising flow of consciousness piece, at the New Diorama.

little scratch - New Diorama Theatre - L-R Eve Ponsonby, Eleanor Henderson, Rebekah Murrell & Ragevan Vasan (photo by Ellie Kurttz)little scratch - New Diorama Theatre - L-R Eve Ponsonby, Eleanor Henderson, Rebekah Murrell & Ragevan Vasan (photo by Ellie Kurttz)

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