First Nights ()
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Wed 23 May 2012 14:38
Chariots Of Fire
What better way to celebrate our Olympic year than with a stage adaptation of one of Britain’s greatest sporting films.
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Tue 22 May 2012 00:27
Cantina
London’s appetite for vaudevillian chic and cabaret kitsch seems unwavering but Cantina, the capital’s newest offering, has raised the bar and given the pastime a darker twist.
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Mon 21 May 2012 15:55
Abigail's Party
Following closely in the footsteps of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends, Lindsay Posner’s revival of Abigail’s Party takes us back in time once again to an era when wallpaper made you dizzy and fibre optic lamps were the latest must-have accessory.
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Fri 18 May 2012 00:28
The Sunshine Boys
If being grumpy were an Olympic event, the West End would have two of London 2012’s hottest contenders.
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Thu 17 May 2012 11:00
What The Butler Saw
Director Sean Foley has proved himself the king of comedy, moving from The Ladykillers to What The Butler Saw.
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Wed 16 May 2012 13:09
Detroit
“Each new day in suburbia brings with it a new set of lies.” This may be the opening line of the hit American TV series Desperate Housewives but it couldn’t be more applicable to the situation presented in Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit.
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Fri 11 May 2012 13:11
A Slow Air
David Harrower’s A Slow Air has a lot to live up to, following in the award-winning footsteps of his previous two-hander, Blackbird.
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Thu 10 May 2012 00:06
Top Hat
On a blustery, drizzly, depressing May evening, it is a treat to escape into Top Hat’s world of glamour and opulence.
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Wed 09 May 2012 14:33
Encounters
The two parts of the Bush theatre’s double bill, Dry Ice and You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy, are as different as chalk and cheese – an idiom which I am sure the bilingual Parisian in the latter title would be proud of – yet they complement each other in a manner that is more akin to cheese and biscuits.
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Wed 09 May 2012 11:21
Three Kingdoms
As I try to write about Three Kingdoms, I find myself wordless, but the show that begins as a crime drama before descending into I don’t know what has my jaw dragging along the ground.
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