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Theatre Awards
13 Mar
Theatre Awards
Phil Willmott

There’s Still Time to see These Olivier Award Nominees!

If you enjoy award ceremonies you’ll know they’re even more fun if you know the work nominated and can root for your favourites. I always try to see all the Best Picture nominees for the Oscars and read the short listed novels for the Booker Prize.

Although some of the shows competing for honours have finished there’s still plenty of productions you can enjoy to help you pick your favourite.

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a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)
13 Mar
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: A Profoundly Affectionate, Passionate Devotion to Someone (-noun)

a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) "Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been."

Meera Syal leads the cast of five players whose various paired exchanges will resonate strongly with audience members who are engaged in, or have been part of, a long-term relationship. Statements redolent of bitterness, yearning, irritation, sadness, regret and intensely intimate, passionate loving and caring, form the basis for most of the exchanges. They focus the couples' interactions, divergences of understanding, thoughtless unkindnesses and their irrational immediate, self-protecting deconstructions.

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Laurence Olivier Awards
12 Mar
Theatre Awards
Phil Willmott

Our Chief Critic's take on the Olivier Nominations - Part 3

Laurence Olivier Awards The Olivier Awards are seen, rightly or wrongly by the public, as the Oscars of London Theatre. Here's part 3 of the nominations in each category and who I'd like to see pick up the prizes.

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Laurence Olivier Awards
12 Mar
Theatre Awards
Phil Willmott

Our Chief Critic's take on the Olivier Nominations - Part 2

Laurence Olivier Awards The Olivier Awards are seen, rightly or wrongly by the public, as the Oscars of London Theatre. Here's part 2 of the nominations in each category and who I'd like to see pick up the prizes.

Continue reading

Laurence Olivier Awards
12 Mar
Theatre Awards
Phil Willmott

Our Chief Critic's take on the Olivier Nominations - Part 1

Laurence Olivier Awards The Olivier Awards are seen, rightly or wrongly by the public, at the Oscars of London Theatre. Here's the nominations in each category and who I'd like to see pick up the prizes.

Continue reading

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