Reviews Archive Part 2
AMONGST FRIENDS To 13 June.
London.
AMONGST FRIENDS
by April de Angelis.
Hampstead Theatre To 13 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm & 3 June 2.30pm.
Audio-described 6 June 3pm.
Captioned/Post-show discussion with speech-to-text transcription 9 June.
Post-show discussion 3 June 2.30pm.
Runs 1hr 50min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 May.
People not living the good life in a play to match.
THE OBSERVER To 3 September.
London.
THE OBSERVER:
by Matt Sharman.
Cottesloe Theatre In rep to 3 September 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat & 4, 6, 13 Aug, 1 Sept. 2.30pm.
Audio-described 26 June, 27 June 2.30pm.
Captioned 24 Aug.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7452 3000.
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: Carole Woddis 26 May.
Honourable play for our times.
BLITHE SPIRIT To 11 July.
Oldham/Basingstoke/Harrogate.
BLITHE SPIRIT
by Noël Coward.
Coliseum Theatre To 6 June.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 6 June 2.30pm.
TICKETS: 0161 624 2829.
www.coliseum.org.uk
then Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke 11-20 June.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 13, 18 June 2pm.
BSL Signed 11 June.
01256 844244.
www.anvilarts.org.uk
then Harrogate Theatre 25 June-11 July 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 2.30pm 4, 11 July no performance 29 June.
01423 502116.
Runs: 2hr 35min two intervals.
Review: Stoon 27 May 2009.
It’s bigamy, but not as we know it.
FOREPLAY To 13 June.
London.
FOREPLAY
by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom.
Theatre Royal Stratford East To 13 June 2009.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 13 June 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr No interval.
TICKETS: 020 8534 0310.
www.stratfordeast.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 May.
Highly charged South African sexual roundabout.
ROMEO & JULIET To 23 August.
London.
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare’s Globe 21 New Globe Walk SE1 9DT In rep to 23 August 2009.
Runs 3hr One interval.
TICKETS 020 7401 9919 or 020 7087 7398.
www.shakespeares-globe.org
Review Carole Woddis 30 April.
Wonder-working setting for the star-crossed lovers.
RELATIVELY SPEAKING To 20 June.
Manchester.
RELATIVELY SPEAKING
by Alan Ayckbourn.
Library Theatre To 20 June 2009.
Mon-Thu 7.30pm Fri-Sat 8pm. Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 11 June 7.30pm, 13 June 3pm.
BSL Signed 10 June.
Captioned 18 June 7.30pm.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.
TICKETS: 0161 236 7110.
www.librarytheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 May.
Early Ayckbourn ingenuity still plays well.
JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES till 13 June
JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES, Alan Ayckbourn
Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Runs: 2h 20m, one interval, to 13 June
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Review: Ian Spiby, Friday 29 May 2009
An excellent start to the Ayckbourn season
WAGSTAFFE THE WIND-UP BOY To 6 June.
Colchester.
WAGSTAFFE THE WIND-UP BOY
by Jan Needle adapted by Adrian Stokes.
Mercury Theatre To 6 June 2009.
4 June 10.15am, 2pm.
5 June 10.15am, 4.45pm.
6 June 7.30pm.
Audio-described 6 june.
Runs 1ht 50min One interval.
TICKETS: 01206 573948.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 29 May.
Full of sound and fury.
MONSTERS To 30 May.
London.
MONSTERS
by Niklas Radstrom translated by Gabriella Berggren.
Arcola Theatre 27 Arcola Street E8 2DJ To 30 May 2009.
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr 10min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7503 1646.
www.arcolatheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 May.
Well-acted demonstration.
COMPANY to 13 June 2009
COMPANY
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by George Furth
Union Theatre 204 Union Street SE1 0LX to 13th Jun 2009
Tue- Sat 7.30pm. Mat Sat and Sun 3pm.
Runs 2hr 40 mins One interval.
TICKETS: 0207 261 9876
www.upandcoming.webeden.co.uk
Review: Geoff Ambler 25 May 2009
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL To 1 October.
London.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
by William Shakespeare.
Olivier Theatre In rep to 1 October 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30om Mat various days 2pm except Sun 2.30pm.
Runs 3hr One interval.
TICKETS 020 7452 3000.
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: Carole Woddis 28 May.
All’s very well throughout.
THE WINSLOW BOY To 25 July.
Tour.
THE WINSLOW BOY
by Terence Rattigan.
Rose Theatre Kingston Tour to 25 July 2009.
Runs 2hr 40min One interval.
Review; Timothy Ramsden 23 May.
Strong revival of a valuable play.
CONFESSIONS OF A CITY SUPPORTER To 13 June.
Hull.
CONFESSIONS OFA CITY SUPPORTER
by Alan Plater.
Hull Truck Theatre To 13 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 13 June 2pm.
BSL Signed 5 June.
Post-show discussion 2 June.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.
TICKETS: 01482 323638.
www.hulltruck.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 28 May.
Lovely new theatre revives popular Hull City play.
AUNT DAN AND LEMON To 27 June.
London.
AUNT DAN AND LEMON
by Wallace Shawn.
Royal Court Theatre (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs) To 27 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30 Mat Sat 3.30.
Audio-described 20 June 3.30pm.
Captioned 16 June.
Post-show talk 3 June.
Runs 1hr 50min No interval
TICKETS 020 7565 5000
www.royalcourttheatre.co.uk
Review: Carole Woddis 27 May
More ambiguous self-revelations.
CHICAGO till November 28 - but see details below
CHICAGO: Fred Ebb Lyrics), John Kander (Music), Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse (Book).
Runs: 2h 30m, one interval.
Review: Alexander Ray, Birmingham Hippodrome, 3 June 2009.
(Tkts - Birmingham Hippodrome - www.birminghamhippodrome.com)
Touring till November 28 - but check www.chicagotour.co.uk additional dates promised.
Great fun - and you’ll sit there thinking: ‘I wish I could do that!’
CHICAGO is a bit like a well oiled machine; get it going and it whizzes along to the end.
LOST MONSTERS To 13 June.
Liverpool.
LOST MONSTERS
by Laurence Wilson.
Everyman Theatre To 13 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 13 June 2pm.
Audio-described 2 June.
Captioned 12 June.
Post-show discussion 2 June.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
TICKETS: 0151 709 4776.
www.everymanplayhouse.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 27 May.
Large implications in a little space.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS. To 20 June.
Tour.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
based on the novel by Emily Brontë original concept and book by Deepak Verma music by Felix Cross & Sheema Mukherjee lyrics by Felix Cross additional text by Sudha Bhuchar.
Tamasha and Oldham Coliseum Theatre co-production in association with Lyric Hammersmith Tour to 20 June 2009.
Runs 2hr 20min One interval.
Review Mark Courtice 2 June at Nuffield Theatre Southampton.
A juicy weepy from Yorkshire - by way of Bollywood.
BLITHE SPIRIT to 27 June.
Newbury
BLITHE SPIRIT
by Noel Coward.
Watermill Theatre To 27 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm except 27 June at 6.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm except 27 June 1.30pm.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
TICKETS: 01635 46044.
www.watermill.org.uk
Review: Mark Courtice 25 May.
Summer fun.
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING To 4 July.
London.
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING
by Andrew Bovell.
Almeida Theatre To 4 July 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 27 June 3pm (+Touch Tour 1.30pm).
Captioned 20 June 3pm, 30 June.
Post-show discussion 22 June.
Runs 2hr 10min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7359 4404.
www.almeida.co.uk
Intelligent and moving drama..
GRASSES OF A THOUSAND COLOURS To 27 June.
London.
GRASSES OF A THOUSAND COLOURS
by Wallace Shawn
Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) To 27 June 2009.
Mon-Sat 7.45 Mat 30 May, 13 June 3pm .
no performance 25 May.
Audio-described 13 June 3pm (+Touch Tour 1.30pm).
Runs 3hr 15 min Two intervals.
TICKETS 020 7565 -5000.
www.royalcourttheatre.co.uk
Review: Carole Woddis 21 May.
Self-indulgent – or what?