Reviews Archive Part 2
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS To 29 June.
Tour.
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS
by Dennis Potter.
Tour to 29 June 2013.
Runs 1hr No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 June at Oxford Playhouse.
A short evening likely to make theatregoers very content.
KNEE DEEP To 22 June.
London.
KNEE DEEP
by Casus.
Riverside Studios (Studio 2) Crisp Road W6 9RL To 22 June 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sun 6pm Mat Sat 5pm.
Runs 1hr No interval.
TICKETS: 020 8237 1111.
www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Review; Timothy Ramsden 2 June.
Extraordinary physical feats.
PARADISE LOST To 22 June.
London.
PARADISE LOST
by John Milton.
Trinity Buoy Wharf 64 Orchard Place London E14 0JY To 22 June 2013.
Tue-Sun 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Runs 2hr One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7478 0170.
www.fourthmonkey.co.uk
Review: Tilly Lunken 4 June.
Be guided through a performance of poetry.
(in between) / Riot Offspring To 27 July.
London: (in between)/Riot Offspring: June 8, 2013
Posted by: Carole Woddis on June 9, 2013 – 15.55pm
(in between)/Riot Offspring
Sadler’s Wells Theatre,
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4TN
7.30pm
Runs: 1hr 15 mins with short pause.
TICKETS: 0844 412 4300; Monday to Saturday, 10am - 8pm.
online: www.tickets.sadlerswells.com
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen June 8, 2013:
Fabulous.
EVEN STILLNESS BREATHES SOFTLY AGAINST A BRICK WALL To 14 June.
London.
EVEN STILLNESS BREATHES SOFTLY AGAINST A BRICK WALL
by Brad Birch.
Soho Theatre Upstairs 21 Dean Street W1D 3NE To 14 June 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.15pm Mat Sat 3.30pm.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7478 0100.
www.sohotheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 31 May.
Up-to-date picture of urban anomie loses its way but is brought vividly to life.
PIAF To 15 June.
Bolton.
PIAF
by Pam Gems.
Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South BL1 1TN To 15 June 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 12. 15 June 2pm.
Audio-described 13 June.
Runs 2hr 35min One interval.
TICKETS: 01204 520661.
www.octagonbolton.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 June.
Revealing more about the singer than the song.
CARNABY STREET, tour to 29 June
CARNABY STREET: Carl Leigton-Pope, Robert Johns
On Tour till 29 June 2013
Runs approx. 2h 25, with one interval
www.carnabystreetthemusical.com
Review: Alexander Ray Edser, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, 03 June 2013
Rose tinted specs give a marvellous evening.
BEING TOMMY COOPER till 24 June
BEING TOMMY COOPER: Tom Green
Tour to 24 June 2013
www.beingtommycooper.co.uk/
Runs: 2h, one interval
Review: Alexander Ray Edser (Birmingham Hippodrome, 12 June 2013)
Absorbing, with a great Tommy Cooper recreation.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: Shakespeare, touring To 20 July.
Canterbury/London.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by William Shakespeare.
Marlowe Theatre The Friars CT1 2AS.
25, 28 June 7.30pm.
29 June 2pm.
TICKETS: 01227 787787.
www.marlowetheatre.com
then Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU In rep 3-20 July 2013.
7.30pm 3, 6, 9, 13, 17-19 July.
2pm 4, 10, 20 July.
TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Runs 2hr 50min One interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 31 May at Theate Royal Nottingham.
Brilliant and original. A Winner.
JUANA IN A MILLION To 15 June.
London.
JUANA IN A MILLION
by VickyAraico Casas and Nir Paldi.
Southwark Playhouse (The Little) 77-85 Newington Causeway SR1 6BD To 15 June 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr No interval.
TICKETS: 030 7407 0234.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 1 June.
Powerful voice for the powerless.
RUTHERFORD & SON To 29 June.
London.
RUTHERFORD & SON
by Githa Sowerby edited by Blake Morrison.
St James Theatre 12 Palace Street SW1E 5JA To 29 June 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.
TICKETS: 0844 264 2140.
www.stjamestheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 10 June.
Rugged Rutherford at its best showing varied emotional registers.
YOU’RE NOT MY FRIEND ANYMORE! To 2 June.
London.
YOU’RE NOT MY FRIEND ANYMORE!
by Katie Sykes and Craig Edwards.
Unicorn Theatre 147 Tooley Street SE1 2HZ To 2 June 2013.
1.45pm Mat Sat 11.45am
Runs 35min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7645 0560.
www.unicorntheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 29 May.
Admirable in involving its audience, taking them and its story seriously.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN To 29 June.
Dundee.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
by Jack Thorne adapted from the film by and novel by John Ajvide Lindquist.
Dundee Rep Theatre Tay Square DD1 1PB To 29 June 2013.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat & 13 June 2.30pm.
Audio-described 27 June.
BSL Signed 28 June.
Captioned 26 June.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
TICKETS: 01382 2223530.
www.dundeerep.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 8 June.
The play of the film of the novel works well.
TRASH CUISINE To 26 August.
London/Edinburgh.
TRASH CUISINE
by Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada with material by Philippe Spall, Aleh Sidorchyk, Stephanie Pan, Clive Stafford-Smith.
Young Vic (The Maria) 66 The Cut SE1 8LZ To 15 June.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat 13, 15 June 2.45pm.
Post-show Discussion 11 June.
TICKETS: 020 7922 2922.
www.youngvic.org
then Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard 60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ 19-26 August 2013.
3.30pm.
Runs 1hr 45min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 June.
Theatrical documents of state terror, from ones who know all about it.
THATCHERWRITE to 15 June.
London.
THATCHERITE
by Jimmy Osborne, Brian Walters, Kay Adshead, Jon Brittain, Matthew Tedfor, Fraser Grace, Ben Worth, Dominic Cavendish, Brad Birch, Dan Rebellato.
Theatre 503 503 Battersea Park Road SW11 3BW To 15 June 2013.
Tue-Sat7.45pm Mat Sat 3pm.;
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7978 7040.
www.theatre503.com
Review: Carole Woddis 11 June 11.
A lot to be said.
LIONBOY To 21 July.
Tour.
LIONBOY
adapted by Marcelo Dos Santos with Annabel Arden, Louise Young, Mike Kenny and the Company from the novels by Zizou Corder.
Tour to 21 July 2013.
Runs 2hr One interval.
Review: Stewart McGill 30 May at Bristol Old Vic.
A family show that does not patronise its audience or go for simple solutions.
BLAIR’S CHILDREN To 22 June.
London.
BLAIR’S CHILDREN
by April de Angelis, Georgia Fitch, Anders Lustgarten, Mark Norfolk, Paula B Stanic.
Cockpit Theatre Gateforth Street NW8 8EH to 22 June 2013.
Tue-Sat 8.30pm.
Runs 1hr 50min One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7258 2925.
www.thecockpit.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 11 June.
Dramatic patchwork of lost years is more than the sum of its variable parts.
RACE To 29 June.
London.
RACE
by David Mamet.
Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU To 29 June 2013.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed 2.30pm & Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 15 June 3pm (+ Touch Tour 1.30pm).
Captioned 25 June.
Runs 1hr 25min No interval.
TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 1 June.
Skilfully contrived and presented, though art doesn’t entirely conceal art.
CHIMERICA To 6 July.
London.
CHIMERICA
by Lucy Kirkwood.
Almeida Theatre Almeida Street Islington N1 1TA To 6 July 2013.
Mon-Sat7.30pm Mat Sat & 5, 19 June 2.30pm.
Audio-described 22 June 2.30pm (+Touch Tour 12.45pm).
Captioned 11 June.
Post-show Discussion 19 June 7.30pm.
Runs: 3hr One interval.
TICKETS 020 7359 4404 (24 hr).
www.almeida.co.uk
Review: Carole Woddis 29 May 29.
Complex play in admirable production.
MANDRAKE To 15 June.
London.
MANDRAKE
by Niccolò Machiavelli adapted by Howard Colyer.
Jack Studio Theatre 410 Brockley Road Brockley SE4 2DH To 15 June 2013.
Tues – Sat 7.45pm Mat 8 June 4pm.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.
TICKETS: 0844 8700 887.
www.brockleyjack.co.uk
Review: Tilly Lunken 29 May.
A lighter look at the Machiavellian nature of man.