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Luke MacGregor (Florizel) and Norah Lopez-Holden (Perdita) in The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, 2018
04 Jul
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Nicky Allpress

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Shakespeare’s Globe

Another wonderful production has opened at the Globe continuing Michelle Terry’s first season of gender balanced productions. In the program, director Blanch McIntyre suggests that “we in the West seem to be experiencing a sort of emotional convulsion”, and this is certainly the story to reflect that disorder.

Luke MacGregor (Florizel) and Norah Lopez-Holden (Perdita) in The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, 2018Luke MacGregor (Florizel) and Norah Lopez-Holden (Perdita) in The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, 2018

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Beirut - Park Theatre
25 Jun
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Stuart King

Review: BEIRUT at the Park Theatre

Beirut - Park Theatre Alan Bowne died of AIDS in 1989, but his ground-breaking play BEIRUT had received its first outing 3 years earlier in the August of 1986, at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival on the outskirts of San Francisco.

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Kiss Me Kate
22 Jun
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Phil Willmott

Review: KISS ME KATE at the London Coliseum

Kiss Me Kate Watching the vintage musical KISS ME KATE, currently playing a two week run at the vast Coliseum Theatre as part of a national tour by Opera North, is a very old fashioned experience for the best and worst reason.

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La Bohème - Royal Opera House
19 Jun
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Stuart King

Review: LA BOHEME at the Royal Opera House

Last year, the Royal Opera House took the bold step of commissioning a replacement for John Copley’s 1974 Bohème which had served as a mainstay of its repertoire for 41 years. Bolder still, was the decision to ask Richard Jones to direct the new production.

La Bohème - Royal Opera HouseMichael Fabiano as Rodolfo and Nicole Car as Mimì in La bohème, The Royal Opera Season 2017/18 © ROH 2017. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore.

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Julie - National Theatre
13 Jun
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Nastazja Domaradzka

Review: JULIE at The National Theatre

Julie - National Theatre In this modern dress adaptation of Strindberg's 1888 1 Act play, MISS JULIE, It’s Julie’s (Vanessa Kirby) birthday and she’s throwing a massive party at her father’s mansion. People come in and out of the house but there is a feeling of boredom around Julie. She is determined to entertain herself and hide from real life; her escapism is filled with drugs and alcohol.

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