The Australian playwright Tommy Murphy's STRANGERS IN BETWEEN had its British premiere this summer at The King's Head Theatre. Directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher, the artistic director of the venue. STRANGERS IN BETWEEN is a beautifully written coming of age play which examines the issues of sexuality in both a funny and moving way.
West End Theatre News and Reviews
05 Jul
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Review: STRANGERS IN BETWEEN at The King's Head Theatre
By Nastazja Domaradzka Tuesday, July 5 2016, 10:08
04 Jul
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Review: SAVAGE Above the Arts Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, July 4 2016, 13:23
I first encountered the work of Claudio Macor about twenty years ago when I directed his play VENETIAN HEAT. In this he told a story of gay love and oppression set in the Italian countryside of his grandparents, during the second world war.
Since then he has created a series of stage works which explore forgotten corners of gay history and culture. His lasts work SAVAGE is no exception and it shines a light on a horrific “cure” for homosexuality, pioneered in Denmark by Nazi doctor Carl Peter Vaernet which involved surgically inserting glands into the genitals of gay prisoners.
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.
29 Jun
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Review: THE TRUTH at Wyndham's Theatre
By Nastazja Domaradzka Wednesday, June 29 2016, 15:15
With last years critically acclaimed THE FATHER followed by the equally highly praised THE MOTHER, the Parisian playwright Florian Zeller has already made a strong mark for himself in British theatre. THE TRUTH, which transferred to THE WYNDHAM'S THEATRE is yet an another great piece of writing from Zeller, but Lindsay Posner's production lacks a naturalistic sense of direction, turning Christopher Hampton's translation of THE TRUTH into a farcical Noel Coward like play.
28 Jun
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Review: GET 'EM OFF at the Above the Stag Theatre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, June 28 2016, 08:55
I'm a big fan of the Above the Stag Theatre, the UK's only venue dedicated to in-house productions of plays and musicals aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It regularly premiers fascinating, provocative and skillful drama for this demographic from around the world, I've written and directed there myself, hope to again and you may recall my recent enthusiasm for their production that explored homophobia in Iran.
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