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Three plays in a day in Chichester’s Young Chekhov Season.

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Links:

Young Chekhov Season Overview

Then three separate reviews:

Platonov below

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Ivanov below

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The Seagull below

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Review of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path (1942) now touring. I saw it at Salisbury Playhouse. I’ve never been a Rattigan fan, and this was just too creakily of its time for me.

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Review of Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale at the Globe Theatre (FOLLOW LINK). In the euphoria after seeing this production, we agree it’s “the best thing we’ve seen at the Globe.” A five star play featuring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Nell.

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Reviews of Dinner With Saddam by Anthony Horowitz, with Sanjeev Bhaksar and Stephen Berkoff. A farce on a serious topic, set on the first day of the 2003 Iraq bombardment.

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The latest Toppermost article (by me) is on Bob Marley & The Wailers. Do comment on Toppermost if moved to comment.

Review of Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe, with Charles Edwards as Richard II, with added notes “in defence of The Globe” at the end!

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Review of Future Conditional, by Tamsin Oglesby. Directed by Matthew Warchus, his first venture as new Artistic Director of the Old Vic. The cast includes Lucy Briggs-Owen, Joshua McGuire and Rob Brydon. A five star play on education choices.

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Hangmen review

Review of Hangmen by Martin McDonagh at the Royal Court. Another great McDonagh black comedy.

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Albert Lee

Review of the first gig on the “UK Farewell Tour” by Albert Lee with His American Touring Band (Cindy Cashdollar on steel guitar)- at The Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne. The Palmerstons were support band.

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One of the best plays this year, Hecuba by Marina Carr. A new play, adapted radically from Euripides.

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