Theo Barklem-Biggs is best known for SAS Rogue Heroes and talks to us about taking on more extremes of masculine behaviour in a new production of Dealer’s Choice at the…
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My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre review: Ewan McGregor’s first stage appearance in 17 years is a dud
by News Roomby News RoomThis play boasts a glib, howlingly pretentious script and a drippy central character in McGregor’s architect Henry Solness
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Theo Barklem-Biggs: "I am interested in how men relate to each other, and compulsion"
by News Roomby News RoomTheo Barklem-Biggs is best known for SAS Rogue Heroes and talks to us about taking on more extremes of masculine behaviour in a new production of Dealer’s Choice at the…
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‘I’ll always sing a political song while doing the splits’: Meow Meow returns to London with cabaret catharsis
by News Roomby News RoomThat’s not to say that 90 minutes of cabaret can fix the world, but it’s not just about pure escapism either, says Meow Meow. Singing live, across languages, genre and…
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Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar review: savagely comic study of blokes playing poker
by News Roomby News RoomAlfie Allen and Brendan Coyle star in this banter-filled play about a high stakes card game
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Erica Whyman’s efficient production retells the story of how Benjamin Britten’s catastrophic Coronation piece Gloriana was created
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The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving
by News Roomby News RoomConor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director
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The Great Gatsby at the Coliseum: ‘a little empty beneath the razzmattaz’
by News Roomby News RoomSeldom has this plot, and Gatsby’s miraculous self-reinvention, seemed more fantastical. The millionaire’s mansion, a blend of art deco and intimidating Metropolis modernism, seems to have been conjured out of…
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Come along with The Standard to see Studio Ghibli’s animation film brought to stage
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How to Fight Loneliness at the Park Theatre review: this assisted dying play is repetitive and reductive
by News Roomby News RoomMona Camille’s set is a dusty wasteland strewn with angular welded shapes and bracketed by two leafless trees. It recalls the scenario for Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and this play…