BBC Radio 4 John Wilson 10 May 2013 Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse is in a rare revival on the London stage, starring John Simm and Simon Russell Beale. Writer Iain Sinclair delivers his verdict on the play about a bureaucratic mental institution run by a sadist. (00:06:05) Listen to scene clip with John Simm as … Continue reading
LSMedia Ian D. Hall 2 June 2012 L.S. Media Rating ***** Cast: John Simm, Colin Tierney, Ruth Gemmell, Thomas Tinker. …If that wasn’t enough for the audiences who no doubt have flocked to the theatre in droves so far this year, then by having one of the most bankable and notable actors of his time, … Continue reading
Hamlet The Stage Ben East 23 Sep 2010 Hamlet, it seems, is becoming something of a rite of passage for a generation of British screen actors. Christopher Eccleston played the antic Prince as a good man in a bad world in 2002. Jude Law and David Tennant followed, to widespread acclaim, and Michael Sheen has … Continue reading
Speaking in Tongues guardian.co.uk 29 September 2009 Michael Billington Andrew Bovell, as we know from When The Rain Stops Falling, is a wizard from Oz who writes fiendishly intricate plays. And this earlier piece, first seen at Hampstead in 2000 and later turned into the movie Lantana, has all his trademark ingenuity. But, while it … Continue reading
The Telegraph: Cop-in-a-coma is a comic revelation Dominic Cavendish 16 July 2007 Racing into town on the back of the cartload of rave reviews it garnered at the Bush in April, this kooky Norwegian comedy is just what the silly season demands – a smart, sweetly populist affair that’s as easily glugged down as a … Continue reading
Cheering on the odd couple The Telegraph Charles Spencer 30 April 2007 At the end of this beautiful play, just before the applause started, the audience uttered a sound I have rarely heard in a theatre. It was a collective sigh of pleasure and sympathy for characters who had finally reached their happy ending. more … Continue reading
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