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War Horse is first past the post at the Tony Awards
War Horse is first past the post at the Tony Awards
British plays continue to rule, alongside the South Park musical
Monday, 13 June 2011
Charge! London theatre continues to trample the homegrown plays in New York
Broadway may not be “just for gays any more”, as the event's unstoppably charming and funny compere Neil Patrick Harris noted in his song-and-dance opening to the 2011 Tony Awards, held last night in New York to honour that city's theatre season just gone. But it’s still very much about the Brits: some habits never die.
Broadway may not be “just for gays any more”, as the event's unstoppably charming and funny compere Neil Patrick Harris noted in his song-and-dance opening to the 2011 Tony Awards, held last night in New York to honour that city's theatre season just gone. But it’s still very much about the Brits: some habits never die.
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Macbeth, The Depot, Liverpool review - Ralph Fiennes leads a conventional production in an unconventional space
Touring show lands first in Liverpool with a terrifying relevance
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Lyric Theatre review - adult panto delivered as jolly chaos
Mischief Theatre’s sight gags are faultlessly timed, though the verbals need a trim
The House of Bernarda Alba, Lyttleton Theatre review - dazzling darkness
Harriet Walter is a toweringly monstrous matriarch in Lorca’s tale of cruelty and repression
Odyssey: A Heroic Pantomime, Charles Court Opera, Jermyn Street Theatre review - topsy-turvy Homer
Five heroic women and two instrumentalists go Hellenic, with panache
A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic review - older, wiser, and yet more moving
Christopher Eccleston is a Scrooge for the ages
The Witches, National Theatre review - fun and lively but where's the heart?
Roald Dahl adaptation is busy to a fault but lacks emotion
Oh What A Lovely War, Southwark Playhouse review - 60 years on, the old warhorse can still bare its teeth
Blackeyed Theatre's touring production has its pros and cons, but is never less than entertaining
Ghosts, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - a claustrophobic descent into purgatory
Hattie Morahan returns to Ibsen, for another round of unhappy families
She Stoops to Conquer, Orange Tree Theatre review - much-loved classic rumbustiously updated
A familiar comedy provides Jeeves and Wooster-period Christmas fun
The Mongol Khan, London Coliseum review - unique operatic spectacle utterly overwhelms flaws in pacing and story
Take its limitations on trust and this Mongolian epic proves the best value in town
Passing, Park Theatre review - where do we go from here?
A British-Indian family celebrate their first Diwali, with mixed results
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen, Bush Theatre review - charismatic stand-up routine
Samuel Barnett performs a sizzling monologue about sex and fatal attraction
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