Reviews Archive Part 2
WAITING FOR LEFTY To 2 March.
London.
WAITING FOR LEFTY
by Clifford Odets.
White Bear Theatre 138 Kennington Park Road SE11 4DJ To 2 March 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sun 6pm.
Runs 50min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7793 9193.
www.waitingforlefty.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 February.
Energetic, striking revival.
THE STEPMOTHER To 9 March.
Richmond.
THE STEPMOTHER
by Githa Sowerby.
Orange Tree Theatre 1 Clarence Street TW9 2SA To 9 M arch 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Sat 3pm & 21, 28 Feb 2.30pm (+ Post-show Discussion).
Audio-described 19 Feb, 23 Feb 3pm.
Runs 2hr 35min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 8940 3633.
www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 February.
More valuable dramatic fruit from the Orange Tree.
GLASGOW GIRLS To 2 March.
London.
GLASGOW GIRLS
by David Greig music and lyrics by Cora Bissett, Soom T, Patricia Panther, John. Gerry and Martin Kielty.
Theatre Royal Stratford East Gerry Raffles Square E15 1BN To 2 March 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm.
Audio-described/BSL Signed 2 March 2.30pm.
Captioned 23 Feb 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 20min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 8534 0310.
www.stratfordeast.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 February.
Vibrant and life-affirming: political theatre about real people.
1001 Nights To 17 March.
London.
1001 Nights
devised by the company.
Unicorn Theatre (Weston auditorium) 147 Tooley Street SE1 2HZ In rep to 17 March 2013.
Runs 1hr 10min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7645 0560.
www.unicorntheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 22 Feb.
Seriously joyous thousand nights in seventy minutes.
CHESS To 16 March.
London.
CHESS
book by Richard Nelson lyrics by Tim Rice music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Union Theatre 204 Union Street Southwark SE1 0LX To 16 March 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sun 2.30 pm & 7pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.
TICKETS:0207 261 9876.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/uniontheatre
Review: William Russell 15 February.
A Chess to drive anyone to Bridge.
IF YOU WON’T LET US DREAM WE WON’T LET YOU SLEEP To 9 March.
London.
IF YOU WON’T LET US DREAM WE WON’T LET YOU SLEEP
by Anders Lustgarten.
Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs) Sloane Square SW1W 8AS To 9 March 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat & 7 March 2.30pm.
Audio-described 2 March 2.30pm.
Captioned 6 March.
Post-show Talk 5 March.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7565 5000.
www.royalcourttheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 February.
Look around in anger.
RICHARD III To 30 March.
Bristol.
RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare.
Tobacco Factory Theatre Raleigh Road BS3 1TF To 30 March 2013.
Mon-Wed; Sat 7.30pm Thu, Fri 8pm Mat Sat and 28 Feb, 7, 14 March 2.30pm.
Runs 3hr 10min One interval.
TICKETS 0117 902 0344.
www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 20 February.
Despite some awkward sightlines from corner seats, a Richard III worth seeing.
ABOVE ME THE WIDE BLUE SKY To 28 March.
London.
ABOVE ME THE WIDE BLUE SKY
Young Vic (The Maria) 66 The Cut SE1 8LZ 7-28 March 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Sat & 20 March 2.45pm.
Audio-described 20 March.
Captioned 22 March.
Runs 50min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7922 2922.
www.youngvic.org
Review: Stewart McGill 28 February at Warwick Arts Centre Coventry.
Well installed but not very theatrical.
OTHELLO To 23 February.
London
OTHELLO
by William Shakespeare.
The CLF Art Café The Bussey Building 133 Rye Lane Peckham SE15 4ST To 23 February 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm.
Runs: 2hr 45min One interval.
TICKETS: 0844 8700 887 (£1.50 booking fee).
www.ticketsource.co.uk/othellopeckham (no booking fee).
Review: Carole Woddis 13 February.
Intense, fresh and up-to-the-minute.
PIED PIPER To 21 February.
Norwich.
PIED PIPER
Norwich Puppet Theatre Whitefriars 21 February 2013,
11am & 2.30pm.
Runs 45min No interval.
TICKETS: 01603 629921.
www.puppettheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 February at Little Angel Theatre Islington.
Humour and invention in high-class show.
SAER DOLIAU To 19 February.
London.
SAER DOLIAU
gan Gwenlyn Parry
Finborough Theatre above The Finborough Wine Café 118 Finborough Road SW10 9ED To 19 February 2013.
Runs 1hr 10min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 February.
1960s experimental drama in 2013. In Welsh. In London
BRAINVILLE AT NIGHT To 23 February.
London.
BRAINVILLE AT NIGHT
by Alexander Moschos.
Brockley Jack (Jack Studio Theatre) 408-410 Brockley Road SE4 2DH To 23 February 2013.
Tue–Sat 7.45pm.
Runs 1hr 40min No interval.
TICKETS: 0208 699 3966.
www.brockleyjack.co.uk
Review: William Russell 14 February.
A Whale of a Time.
LIFE OF GALILEO: Brecht / Ravenhill to 30 03
THE LIFE OF GALILEO: Berthold Brecht, version by Mark Ravenhill
Swan Theatre, RSC, Stratford Upon Avon
Runs: 2h 30m, one interval, till 30 03 13
Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 12 02 13
Well done, but was it worth doing?
LIAR, LIAR To 6 March.
London.
LIAR, LIAR
by E V Crowe.
Unicorn Theatre (Weston auditorium) 147 Tooley Street SE1 2HZ In rep to 6 March 2013.
Runs 1hr 15min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7645 0560.
www.unicorntheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 21 Feb.
Strongest when it’s speaking least.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; Shakespeare, Nottingham Playhouse till 2nd March
Nottingham
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: William Shakespeare.
Nottingham Playhouse: Tkts 0115 941 9419.
Custom/Practice and TEG Productions.
Runs: 2h 5m: one interval: touring.
Review: Alan Geary: 26th February 2013.
Far better than it initially promises to be.
THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI To 16 March.
London.
THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI
by Dudley Hinton and Sebastian Armesto with simple8.
Arcola Theatre (Arcola 2) 24 Ashwin Street E8 3DL To 16 March.
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr 25min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7503 1646.
www.arcolatheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 18 February.
Minimal means make maximum impact.
TIME AND THE CONWAYS To 30 March.
Edinburgh/Dundee.
TIME AND THE CONWAYS
by J B Priestley
Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street EH3 9AX To 9 M arch.
Tue-Sat 7.45pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm.
BSL Signed 6 Mar 7.45pm.
Captioned 9 Mar 2.30pm.
TICKETS: 0131 248 4848.
www.lyceum.org.uk/conways
then Dundee Rep Theatre Tay Square DD1 1PB 13-30 March 2013.
M9on-Sat 7.30pm (no performance 18 March) Mat 21, 23, 28, 30 March 2.30pm.
TICKETS: 01382 223530.
www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Runs 2hr 35min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 2 March.
Priestley treat for Forth and Tay.
THE PAPER CINEMA’S ODYSSEY To 9 March.
London.
THE PAPER CINEMA’S ODYSSEY
devised by Nicholas Rawling, Imogen Charleston, Caroline Williams, Irena Stratieva, Christopher Reed, Ed Dowie, Quinta, Matthew Brown.
bac (Battersea Arts Centre) Lavender Hill SW11 5TN To 9 March 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 1hr 15min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7223 2223.
www.bac.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 February.
Odyssey on the borderline of theatre and cinema.
DAVID COPPERFIELD To 23 February.
Oldham.
DAVID COPPERFIELD
by Charles Dickens adapted by Alastair Cording.
Coliseum Theatre Fairbottom Street OL1 3SW To 23 February 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm 23 Feb.
Runs 2hr 40min One interval.
TICKETS: 0161 624 2829.
www.coliseum.org.uk
Review: Stoon 9 February 2013.
Copper plated.
DEAR WORLD To 30 March.
London.
DEAR WORLD
music and lyrics by Jerry Herman book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
based on The Mad Woman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux as adapted by Maurice Valency. New version by David Thompson.
Charing Cross Theatre The Arches off Villiers Street WC2H 6NL To 30 March 2013.
Mon–Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm.
Post-show Discussion 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 March.
Runs 2hr 40min One interval.
TICKETS: 0844 493 0650.
www.charingcrosstheatre.co.uk
Review: William Russell 13 February.
Insane on the Seine.