Tag Archives: Duke of York’s Theatre

Writer: Laura Wade Director: Tamara Harvey Reviewer: Karl O'Doherty Coming across the bridge from the National Theatre to St. Martin’s Lane has done nothing to sap the energy of Laura Wade’s bright trip to a marriage in hidden stress. Her work is generally a masterclass of building tension - normality that splinters, then cracks then falls to pieces. It’s a ...

Writer: David Hare Director: Jeremy Herrin Reviewer: Karl O'Doherty Some rather good jokes are scattered throughout this piece. Gentle ones, polite ones. The type one could have expected in the drawing room at Totleigh Towers among the noblesse of interwar Britain. Hare, first producing this play in 2015, has captured an idea of upper-class language and humour excellently - whether ...

Writer: Ronald Harwood Director: Sean Foley Reviewer: Jon Wainwright It's 1941. Smoke and dust are rising from bomb craters outside the theatre, and another air raid is underway. Civilisation may be "under threat from the forces of darkness" but what matters right now is the absence of Sir. Norman, his dresser, is all aflutter. Under the circumstances (the lead actor ...

Writer: David Wood Director: Angus Jackson Reviewer: Stephen Bates   The National Theatre achieved phenomenal worldwide success with its adaptation of War Horse, a children’s novel set against the backdrop of war. This production, originating from Chichester Festival Theatre, is on a smaller scale, but it uses a similar formula. It tells a story that is, in turns, both gentle ...

In 1952, George Devine took over the reins of the redesigned Royal Court Theatre under the umbrella of theEnglish Stage Company. Their remit was to produce new British work and classic revivals with the focus on itbeing a writer’s theatre.As part of their upcoming Court Extras programme, the Royal Court continue to flythe flag for classic revivals by producing Playwrights' ...

Theatre is at its most powerful when it reflects our everyday lives. Love, affairs, death, class, education - all provide writers with plenty of material for powerful drama. Catherine Love looks at some productions across the country this week that hold a mirror to our lives.   1) BETRAYAL – CRUCIBLE THEATRE, SHEFFIELD Harold Pinter’s backwards tale of an affair ...