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Haystack playbill

The Haystack

  • Venue: Hampstead Theatre
  • Date: 13th September 2020
  • Written by: Al Blythe
  • Directed by: Roxanna Silbert

Looking for a needle in...

Just back from Haystack at the Hampstead. This new play addresses the hot topic of the internet and cyber security, and what living in a surveillance society might do to that society.

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Poster of idealised Moses

Prince of Egypt

  • Venue: Dominion Theatre
  • Date: 12th February 2020
  • Written by: Stephen Schwartz (Music); Philip LaZebnik (Book)
  • Directed by: Sean Cheesman (Choreographer)

Will you ‘believe’ – really?

Yesterday at Prince of Egypt at the Dominion - our version of a late Christmas Panto family outing.

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Playbill with Lesley Manville

The Visit

  • Venue: National Theatre (Olivier)
  • Date: 7th February 2020
  • Written by: Friedrich Dürrenmatt (adapted by Tony Kushner)
  • Directed by: Jeremy Herrin
  • Staring: Lesley Manville; Hugo Weaving

Worth the Journey..?

Just back from a preview of The Visit at the National - 220 minutes (including 2 intervals) of modernised Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

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Vanya Playbill with cast members

Uncle Vanya

  • Venue: The Harold Pinter Theatre
  • Date: 3rd February 2020
  • Written by: Anton Chekhov (adapted Conor McPherson)
  • Directed by: Ian Rickson
  • Staring: Toby Jones (Vanya); Aimee Lou Wood (Sonya); Ciarán Hinds (Professor Serebryakov)

My cup of (almost) Russian tea…

Just back from Uncle Vanya at The Harold Pinter.

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Picture of McAvoy on playbill

Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Venue: Playhouse Theatre
  • Date: 29th January 2020
  • Written by: Edmond Rostand; Martin Crimp (new adaptation)
  • Directed by: Jamie Lloyd
  • Staring: James McAvoy

He acted the nose – well of course he did…

Just back from Cyrano de Bergerac at The Playhouse.

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Playbill with cast images

Rough for Theatre II; End Game

  • Venue: Old Vic
  • Date: 28th January 2020
  • Written by: Samuel Becket
  • Directed by: Richard Jones
  • Staring: Alan Cumming; Daniel Radcliffe; Jane Horrocks; Karl Johnson

Full-on Becket - Full-on bleak Theatre

Just back from Rough for Theatre II and Endgame at the Old Vic - with a starry cast (Alan Cumming; Daniel Radcliffe; Jane Horrocks and Karl Johnson).

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