Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of the OKLAHOMA! West End Transfer?
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Mar 1, 2023
OKLAHOMA! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Seventy-five years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text. What did the critics think?
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of Sam Mendes' THE LEHMAN TRILOGY?
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Feb 9, 2023
The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ The Lehman Trilogy makes a triumphant return to London following an acclaimed season in Los Angeles and a highly lauded run on Broadway, winning 5 Tony Awards® including Best Play. Directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award® and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy features a cast of three playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons, in an extraordinary feat of story-telling told in three parts on a single evening. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a genuinely epic production', The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.
Review Roundup: THE UNFRIEND at the Criterion Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Jan 20, 2023
Following its acclaimed sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, The Unfriend has now opened in the West End for a strictly limited run from 15 January. This riotous dark comedy from writer Steven Moffat and director Mark Gatiss, the award- winning team behind BBC's Sherlock, stars an uproarious cast including Reece Shearsmith, Amanda Abington and Frances Barber.
What did the critics think of Steven Moffat's dark comedy?
Review Roundup: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Almeida Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Jan 13, 2023
After a much-delayed press night when Patsy Ferran stepped in as Blanche DuBois with a few days' notice to replace Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Frecknall's new version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire has finally opened at London's Almeida Theatre.
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Clint Dyer's OTHELLO?
by Aliya Al-Hassan
- Dec 1, 2022
Clint Dyer’s production is the first Othello from a black director at the National. Starring Giles Terera as Othello and Rosy McEwen as Desdemona, the Shakespearean tragedy opened last night (30 November).
What did the critics think of the new revival?
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