The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Young Vic, review

July 28th, 2010

An outstanding revival, with a superbly bleak and atmospheric design. Rating: *
* * *

Rome wasnt built in a day!

Danton’s Death, National Theatre, review

July 28th, 2010

An acute analysis of the dangers of radicalism and a powerful meditation on
death that often brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to mind. Rating: * * * *

if people only knew

Cameron Diaz is too scared to tread the boards

July 28th, 2010

Cameron Diaz has no desire to attempt a stint on the West End stage, unlike
many of her fellow Hollywood actors.

so interesting

My colourful gift to Stratford, and posterity

July 28th, 2010

Charles Spencer plans to submit his schoolboy edition of Henry IV to the RSC’s
competition for miniature artworks inspired by Shakespeare.

great news thought i would never see this.

The hard lesson I learned in Edinburgh

July 28th, 2010

An undignified exit from the Edinburgh Festival ten years ago reminds Charles
Spencer why he shouldn’t drink.

this is bogus, who would think

Mike Bartlett: anger on a seismic scale

July 28th, 2010

Have the baby boomers messed the world up? Rising playwright Mike Bartlett
tells Dominic Cavendish about Earthquakes, his new play at the National.

if people only knew

My dream job: running a seaside theatre

July 28th, 2010

After seeing weatherman Bill Giles at Marine theatre in Lyme Regis, theatre
critic Charles Spencer daydreams of running a regional theatre.

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No Idea, Young Vic, review

July 28th, 2010

Getting a plot for your play from someone else certainly wasn’t the easy
option in Improbable’s most recent theatre production. Rating: * * *

this is so true

Edinburgh Festival 2010: the top ten musical shows

July 28th, 2010

Our pick of the best musicals at Edinburgh this year.

so interesting

Michael Morpurgo on his sequel to War Horse

July 28th, 2010

Following on from the huge success of War Horse, the former Children’s
Laureate talks to Robert Gore-Langton about the new adaptation of Farm Boy.

wonder what this really means