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By Stuart King Friday, November 11 2016, 14:24
Slapstick and pathos can make for uneasy bedfellows, it is then perhaps a mark of the quality of Terry Johnson's 1992 play Dead Funny that they marry so well and provide the basis for an evening of wonderful and emotionally moving entertainment.
A superb cast of five - each ideally suited to their part - deliver the subtle and not-so-subtle nuances of this revival, currently enjoying a run at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand.
By Kit Benjamin Friday, November 11 2016, 12:19
This probably isn’t the place to go into a lot of detail about the rise of atonality and the Second Viennese School in the early part of the twentieth century, so let’s just say that you shouldn’t go to see Lulu and expect to come out humming the tunes. By the time he composed Lulu, Alban Berg, like his teacher Schoenberg, had abandoned conventional melodic and harmonic structures in favour of a completely expressionistic style, so there are no tunes.
By Nastazja Domaradzka Friday, November 11 2016, 12:13
Founded in 2007 Papatango Theatre Company is renowned for championing unique talent and giving new writing, and up and coming playwrights; an opportunity that very often is the start of a prominent career. Directed by Alice Hamilton, Matt Grinter’s ORCA, the winner of this year’s competition; is playing at Southwark Playhouse until the 26th of November.
By Thomas Michael Voss Monday, November 7 2016, 11:25
In a society of Babyccinos, Macrobiotic Meals, Naked Restaurants, Tantric Resorts, Yoga retreats, and so on, it seems everyone is trying very hard to discover the next new thing, sometimes going to extreme length to find self-improvement while contemplating the meaning of life. And it's worth the search, as research shows that doing so can positively affect your physical and mental state, short or long term, and influence your general well-being.
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, November 2 2016, 07:21
It's always difficult to review plays by Conor McPherson because it's a shame to give too much away.
On the whole they're slow burn slices of naturalism in which usually socially dysfunctional people, or at least those at the bottom of the heap, let slip seemingly innocuous information which builds into something more sinister.
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