Heather Neill

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Heather Neill is a critic and theatre writer. She was Arts Editor of The Times Educational Supplement and has contributed features to The Times, Telegraph and theatre programmes. She reviews for The Stage, interviews for theatrevoice.com and has been a judge of the Offies and the Theatre Book Prize and an assessor for NT Connections.

Articles By Heather Neill

As You Like It, @sohoplace review - music-filled, warm-hearted celebration Friday, 16 December 2022 Read more...	Antigone, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - Sophocles rewritten with purpose and panache Wednesday, 14 September 2022 Read more...
The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre review - Gandhi's killer puts his case in a bold, whirlwind production Friday, 20 May 2022 Read more...	Hamlet, Young Vic review - Cush Jumbo flares in a low-key production Wednesday, 06 October 2021 Read more...
Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall review - return of Agatha Christie's gripping courtroom drama Friday, 01 October 2021 Read more...	The Dumb Waiter, Old Vic: In Camera review - more in sorrow than in anger Saturday, 10 July 2021 Read more...
Romeo and Juliet, Creation Theatre online review - game version falls between stools Monday, 17 May 2021 Read more...	Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre online review - a triumphant hybrid Monday, 05 April 2021 Read more...
Romeo and Juliet, Palace Theatre, Manchester online review - futuristic and timely Friday, 12 February 2021 Read more...	Love in a Wood, Jermyn Street Theatre review - stars gather remotely for a lively online presentation Monday, 01 February 2021 Read more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe online review - a seasonal treat Tuesday, 16 June 2020 Read more...	Nora: A Doll's House, Young Vic review - Ibsen diced, sliced and reinvented with poetic precision Wednesday, 12 February 2020 Read more...
The Duchess of Malfi, Almeida Theatre review - a radically original perspective on Webster's tragedy Wednesday, 11 December 2019 Read more...	A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre review - the festive favourite mixes gloom with merriment Thursday, 05 December 2019 Read more...
The Wind of Heaven, Finborough Theatre review - a welcome, if strange, Emlyn Williams rediscovery Saturday, 30 November 2019 Read more...	The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican review - different but still problematic Friday, 08 November 2019 Read more...

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Heather Neill

Articles By Heather Neill

As You Like It, @sohoplace review - music-filled, warm-hearted celebration

Antigone, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - Sophocles rewritten with purpose and panache

The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre review - Gandhi's killer puts his case in a bold, whirlwind production

Hamlet, Young Vic review - Cush Jumbo flares in a low-key production

Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall review - return of Agatha Christie's gripping courtroom drama

The Dumb Waiter, Old Vic: In Camera review - more in sorrow than in anger

Romeo and Juliet, Creation Theatre online review - game version falls between stools

Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre online review - a triumphant hybrid

Romeo and Juliet, Palace Theatre, Manchester online review - futuristic and timely

Love in a Wood, Jermyn Street Theatre review - stars gather remotely for a lively online presentation

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe online review - a seasonal treat

Nora: A Doll's House, Young Vic review - Ibsen diced, sliced and reinvented with poetic precision

The Duchess of Malfi, Almeida Theatre review - a radically original perspective on Webster's tragedy

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre review - the festive favourite mixes gloom with merriment

The Wind of Heaven, Finborough Theatre review - a welcome, if strange, Emlyn Williams rediscovery

The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican review - different but still problematic

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