As You Like It. Review by Barbara Lewis. Shakespeare famously was for all time, and yet this version of As You Like It feels uniquely relevant to our age.
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Lillias White Sings Broadway. Review by Barbara Lewis. The pan-damn-demic, as Broadway singer Lillias White puts it, has abated sufficiently for her to bring her considerable presence to cosy, atmospheric venues, including Londonâs Crazy Coqs.
Anyone Can Whistle. Southwark Playhouse. Review by Barbara Lewis. Anyone Can Whistle opened on Broadway in April 1964 to mixed reviews and closed shortly afterwards. Nearly 60 years on, this Southwark revival deserves to run and run as Georgie Rankcomâs inspired direction does justice to Sondheimâs genius, even when in its early phase, to make musicals from the most unlikely material.
Truth to Power CafĂ©. Review by Barbara Lewis. Speaking Truth to Power has come to mean âsaying something to those in a position of trust or authority who donât want to hear it,â Jeremy Goldstein, the MC of the Truth to Power CafĂ©, tells us. Itâs a non-violent means of conflict resolution whose origins lie in the anti-war movement.
An Earlâs Court Miscellany. FinboroughFrontier online content. Review by Barbara Lewis. The ever-inventive Finborough Theatre has combined its return to real-life drama with an enlightened decision to carry on delivering original online work for free that surely can only enhance one of the strongest off-West End brands.
The Wife of Willesden. Adapted by Zadie Smith from Chaucerâs âThe Wife of Bathâ. Kiln Theatre, London. Until 18 December 2021. Review by Carla Scarano.
Zadie Smithâs brilliant adaptation of âThe Wife of Bathâ from Geoffrey Chaucerâs The Canterbury Tales triggers a rethinking of womenâs roles in society.
Pascal Theatre Company Press Release. Julia Pascal. Pascal Theatre Company is proud to announces a ÂŁ43,500 award from the Governmentâs Culture Recovery Fund and is among 925 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the Culture Recovery Fund.
Leopoldstadt Wyndham’s Theatre until October 30th 2021 Tom Stoppardâs Leopoldstadt would have been better as a TV mini-series rather than this sprawling, over-populated two and a quarter hour play without an intermission. It is a long watch and although eminently worthwhile, feels too much like a history lesson.
Mustard is the only English thing in the rural Irish home of the young protagonist, named as E, of writer-performer Eva OâConnorâs one-woman show. Review by Barbara Lewis.
The Reichstag is Burning …matches songs, ranging from the 1920s to the near contemporary, with the crucial stages of Hitlerâs ascent to dictatorial power, not least the burning of the Reichstag. Black Box Live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Hartstone-Kitney Productions.
Covid Lockdown Breath Machine, Online. The Edinburgh Fringe has always been the place to push at the limits of what theatre is. This year, that is truer than ever as the uncertainties of COVID-19 have driven a digital shift.
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The Excursions of Mr Broucek. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Excursions of Mr Broucek is an opera like no other â or as Wasfi Kani, the founder and power behind the bold, brave and never daunted Grange Park Opera, puts it: âCosi fan Tutti it isnât.â