Reviews Archive Part 2
MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK To 14 July.
Tour.
MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK
by Rachael Savage.
Tour to 10 July 2012.
Runs 1hr 45min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 25 January at The Castle Wellingborough.
Secrets of Salop’s sporting past unmasked – and masked.
HOW STEEPLE SINDERBY WANDERERS WON THE FA CUP To 12 February.
Tour.
HOW STEEPLE SINDERBY WANDERERS WON THE FA CUP
by J L Carr adapted by Paul Hodson.
Tour to 12 February 2012.
Runs 1hr 30min One interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 19 January at Lakeside Arts Nottingham.
Well up to New Perspectives’ usual standard.
THE TRIAL OF UBU To 25 February.
London.
THE TRIAL OF UBU
by Simon Stephens.
Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU To 25 February 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed 2.30pm Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 11 Feb 3pm (+Touch Tour).
Captioned/Post-show Discussion 14 Feb.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 24 January.
Barbarity and civilisation in close-focus conjunction.
TAMING OF THE SHREW to 18 Feb 2012
TAMING OF THE SHREW: William Shakespeare
RSC, RST till 18 February 2012
Runs: 3 hrs, one interval
Review: Rod Dungate, 25 01 12
Disturbing at its core; patchy round the edges.
MARY STUART To 18 February.
London.
MARY STUART
by Friedrich von Schiller
New Diorama 15-16 Triton Street Regents Place NW1 3BF In rep to 18 February 2012.
3pm 21 Jan, 11, 18 Feb.
7.30pm 19, 20, 28 Jan, 2, 3, 17 Feb.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7383 9034.
www.newdiorama.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 January.
Thrilling Schiller from The Faction.
CONSTELLATIONS To 1 February.
London.
CONSTELLATIONS
by Nick Payne.
Royal Court Theatre (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs) Sloane Square SW1W 8AS To 1 February 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Thu, Sat 3.30pm (all performances sold out)
Runs 1hr 5min No interval,
TICKETS 020 7565 -5000.
www.royalcourttheatre.co.uk
Review: Carole Woddis 20 January 20.
Many ways to be and, to bee.
TRAVELLING LIGHT To 7 April.
London/Tour.
TRAVELLING LIGHT
by Nicholas Wright.
Lyttelton Theatre Upper Ground South Bank SE1 9PX In rep to 6 March.
then tour to 7 April 2012.
Runs 2hr 35min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 January.
Theatre about cinema that’s too much in love with its subject.
ALFIE To 28 April.
Bolton/Newcastle-under-Lyme/Scarborough/Oldham.
ALFIE
by Bill Naughton.
Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South BL1 1SB To 18 February.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 4, 11, 15 Feb 2pm.
Audio-described 16 Feb.
BSL Signed 9 Feb.
TICKETS: 01204 520661.
www.octagonbolton.co.uk
then New Vic Theatre Etruria Road ST5 0JG 22 Feb-17 March.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm (no performance 29 Feb, 12 March) Mat 10, 17 March 2.15pm.
Audio-described 17 March 2.15pm.
Captioned /Post-show Discussion 13 March.
TICKETS: 01782 717962.
www.newvictheatre.org.uk
then Stephen Joseph Theatre (The Round) Westborough YO11 1JW 30-31 March.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat & 29 March 2.30pm 22 March 1.30pm.
TICKETS: 01723 370541.
www.sjt.uk.com
then Grange Arts Centre Rochdale Road OL3 6EA 11-28 April 2012.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 18, 28 April 2.30pm.
Audio-described 24 April.
BSL Signed 27 April.
TICKETS: 0161 624 2829.
www.coliseum.org.uk
Runs 2hr 40min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsde3n 28 January.
Things don’t swing so easily when seen in this perceptive light.
OUR NEW GIRL To 11 February.
London.
OUR NEW GIRL
by Nancy Harris.
Bush Theatre 7 Uxbridge Road W12 8LJ To 11 February 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm
Audio-described 4 Feb 2.30pm.
Captioned 2 Feb.
Run 2hr 20min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 8743 5050.
www.bushtheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 January.
A kitchen cabinet of troubles and growing tensions.
KAFKA V KAFKA To 4 February.
London.
KAFKA V KAFKA
by Howard Colyer.
Jack Studio Theatre 410 Brockley Road SE4 2DH To 4 February 2012.
Tues-Sat 7.45pm Mat 4 Feb 4pm.
Runs 1hr 15min No Interval.
TICKETS:0844 847 2454
www.brockleyjack.co.uk
Review: William Russell 18 January
Inside the mind of a genius.
EMPTY.
EMPTY: Jouvan Fucinni
futuretheatre at Blue Orange, Birmingham
19 – 21 January 2012
Half a loaf may be better than no bread, but I’d have preferred a whole loaf.
THE ART OF CONCEALMENT To 28 January.
London.
THE ART OF CONCEALMENT
by Giles Cole.
Jermyn Street Theatre 16b Jermyn Street SW1 6ST to 28 January 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3.30pm.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
TICKETS: 0207 287 2875.
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Review: William Russell 14 January.
OK play about a not really nice man.
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III To 31 March.
London.
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III
by Alan Bennett.
Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue W1D 7EZ To 31 March 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu, Sat 2.30pm.
Runs: 2hr 25min One interval.
TICKETS: 0844 412 4658.
www.nimaxtheatres.com
Review: Carole Woddis 23 January.
Still crazy, and worth seeing, after all these years.
MISS JULIE To 18 February.
London.
MISS JULIE
by August Strindberg new version by Emily Juniper.
New Diorama 15-16 Triton Street Regents Place NW1 3BF In rep to 18 February 2012.
7.30pm 27, 31 Jan, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 18 February.
Runs 1hr 35min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7383 9034.
www.newdiorama.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 January.
Strong Strindberg from the Faction factory.
THE PITCHFORK DISNEY To 17 March.
London.
THE PITCHFORK DISNEY
by Philip Ridley.
Arcola Theatre (Studio 1) 24 Ashwin Street E8 3DL To 11`7 March 2012.
Mon–Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 1hr 40min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7503 1646.
www.arcolatheatre.com
Review: William Russell 30 January.
Entertaining sound and fury signifying not much.
KING JOHN To 11 February.
London.
KING JOHN
by William Shakespeare.
Union Theatre 204 Union Street SE1 0LX To 11 February 2012.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sun & 4, 11 Feb 3pm.
Runs 2hr 45min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7261 9876 (no booking fee).
www.uniontheatre.biz (booking fee).
Review: Timothy Ramsden 21 January.
Rough, bold production of rough, bold Shakespeare history.
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST To 5 May.
Newcastle-under-Lyme/Tour.
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
by William Shakespeare.
New Vic Theatre Etruria Road ST5 0JG To 18 February.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm no performance 1 Feb Mat 11, 18 Feb 2.15pm.
Audio-described 14 Feb, 18 Feb 2.15pm.
Captioned 14 Feb.
TICKETS: 01782 717962.
www.newvictheatre.org.uk
thenTour to 5 May 2012.
Runs: 2hr 55min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 January.
Broadsides meet their match until the very end.
STALIN'S FAVOURITE To 28 March.
Tour.
STALIN’S FAVOURITE
adapted by Rupert Wickham from The Whisperers by Orlando Figes.
Tour to 28 March 2012.
Runs 1hr 10min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 January at Unicorn Theatre (Weston auditorium) London.
Historical horrors of the Soviet Union clearly stated.
THE EXECUTION OF JUSTICE To 4 February.
London.
EXECUTION OF JUSTICE
by Emily Mann.
Southwark Playhouse Shipwright Yard corner of Tooley St and Bermondsey St SE1 2TF To 4 February 2012.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat 28 Jan, 4 Feb 3.15pm.
Runs 1hr 45min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7407 0234.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 November.
Prejudice and penury ignite explosive drama.
TWELFTH NIGHT To 18 February.
London.
TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare.
New Diorama 15-16 Triton Street Regents Place NW1 3BF In rep to 18 February 2012.
11am 18 Feb.
3pm 28 Jan, 4 Feb.
7.30pm 17, 18, 21 Jan, 1, 9, 10, 16 Feb.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7383 9034
www.newdiorama.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 January.
Factionalism is a brilliant new force in theatre.