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Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. Copyright Pamela Raith.
07 May
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: AN OAK TREE at Young Vic

AN OAK TREETim Crouch has dusted off his 1hr 15min scripted play from 2005 in which the novelty unknown is a different celebrity on stage with him at each performance. With only an hour beforehand to become acquainted with the premise and format, each willing victim in this exercise, submits themselves entirely to Crouch’s direction of their onstage movements and dialogue. It’s an extreme trust exercise and not everyone will reach the end unscathed.

Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. Copyright Pamela Raith.Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. © Pamela Raith.

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Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone Theatre
06 May
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: FAYGELE at Marylebone Theatre

On his thirteeenth birthday, a young Orthodox Jew realises that he is gay but is rebuked by his father as an embarrassment when he effeminately crosses his legs for a photograph during his bar mitzvah celebrations. The FAYGELE of the title, is Yiddish for a little bird, but is more commonly used as a slur which loosely translates as faggot.

Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone TheatreClara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone Theatre.

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rosalie craig good night oscar
06 May
Casts
Emmie Newitt

Rosalie Craig returns to the London stage in GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR this summer

The Evening Standard award winner will star as June Levant in the highly anticipated London premiere at the Barbican Theatre. The limited engagement of the Tony Award-winning play begins on 31 July.

rosalie craig good night oscarRosalie Craig. Headshot provided by production.

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til the stars come down west end cast
06 May
Casts
Emmie Newitt

Cast announced for West End transfer of 'TIL THE STARS COME DOWN

The smash-hit production, hailed by the Daily Telegraph as 'excellent family drama', will be staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 1 July and will be directed by the Olivier Award-winning director Bijan Sheibani.

til the stars come down west end castLucy Black, Adrian Bower, Dorothy Atkinson and Philip Whitchurch.

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cockfosters southwark playhouse borough review
04 May
Reviews
Miriam Gibson

Review: COCKFOSTERS at Southwark Playhouse Borough

“What would we do without the tube?” laments James, “We’d have to take the bus everywhere!”. Cue shudders from Cockfosters’ cast and audience. Writer-director Hamish Clayton’s comedy explores Londoners’ love-hate relationship with our underground transportation system, particularly the tribulations of taking the Piccadilly line.

cockfosters southwark playhouse borough reviewCockfosters production image.

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