19/07/2017 by Peter Viney
As Helen Edmondson’s Queen Anne is currently running in the West End, I’m linking to my 2015 review of the original RSC production of Queen Anne at Stratford. Only a third of the cast of eighteen have moved on to the West End, but most importantly, Emma Cunliffe is still Queen Anne. The marvellous Jonathan Broadbent as Robert Harley has been replaced by the also marvellous James Garnam. I haven’t seen the 2017 version. The 2015 version had better reviews, but then the RSC Theatre has a far better stage than the West End.
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09/07/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Racing Demon by David Hare in Bath Theatre Royal’s 2017 Summer Season, directed by Jonathan Church. Starring David Haig and Papa Essiedu. This 1990 award winning play is set in the Church of England in South London.
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30/06/2017 by Peter Viney
I had the chance to see The Globe 2017 production of Twelfth Night again, but this time at night with the full controversial lighting. I have added comments to the existing review.
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24/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Tristan & Yseult in the Kneehigh production, at Shakespeare’s Globe. Written by Anna Maria Murphy & Carl Grose. Directed and adapted by Emma Rice. Critically acclaimed … and rightly. See why.
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22/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Edna O’Brien has adapted her controversial 1960 novel The Country Girls for the stage, and it is premiered at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre. This is the book that was banned and burned in 1960 Ireland.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edna O'Brien, Genevieve Hulme-Beaman, Grace Molony, Lisa Blair | Leave a Comment »
18/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Phil Porter has created Vice Versa (LINKED) for the RSC’s “Rome MMXVII” Season. It’s cheerfully ripped off from Plautus (in his words). A thorough-going laugh out loud romp. Marvellous ensemble cast. Unmissable.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Byron Mondahl, Ellie Bevan, Felix Hayes, Janice Honeyman, Kim Hartman, Nicholas Day, Phil Porter, Sophia Nomvete, Steven Kynman | Leave a Comment »
17/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé at the Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford. Controversially casting Salomé as a man and in modern dress. So did it work? Read the link. King Herod & Pals below.
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13/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams at Chichester Festival Theatre. Directed by Jonathan Kent. Starring Marcia Gay Harden and Brian J. Smith. The play has its faults. Great performances.
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07/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Review of Woyzeck (LINKED) at the Old Vic, London. This is a radical adaptation of the German classic by Georg Büchner, time-shifted to Berlin in 1981. It stars John “Star Wars” Boyega in the lead role, and was adapted by Harry Potter playwright Jack Thorne.
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07/06/2017 by Peter Viney
Review (https://peterviney.wordpress.com/stage/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui/) of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, by Brecht, at the Donmar in London. The well-known cast is led by Lenny Henry as Arturo Ui, and the play parallels the rise of Hitler with the rise of Chicago gangster, Arturo Ui.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Bruce Norris, Giles Terera, Justine Mitchell, Lenny Henry, Lucy Ellinson, Michael Pennington, Philip Cumbus, Simon Evans, Tom Edden | Leave a Comment »
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