Theatre Blog

It is not as if his party is short of enemies, but Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, has managed to embroil himself in a personal war of words with David Gower, the former England cricket captain.
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After the death of Alan Sillitoe, one of the original Angry Young Men, Aleks
Sierz assesses the movement’s legacy.

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Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning war drama impresses Dominic Cavendish.
Rating: * * * *

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Apart from one blaze of dramatic life, this new production of Edward Bond’s
Bingo, starring Patrick Stewart, is a downbeat start to what promises to be
an exciting season at Chichester. Rating: * *

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Gary Owen’s Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian is an amusing, touching play which
avoids demonising its tearaway teen hero. Rating: * * *

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Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, recalls his days on the stage with Helena Bonham Carter
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Crying in the Chapel relives the 25-day saga of destruction and defiance in
Manchester prison Strangeways. Rating: * * * *

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There are moments when David Essex’s All The Fun of the Fair becomes genuinely
touching. Rating: * * *

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Sarah Frankcom on her role the Manchester Royal Exchange.

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Middleton’s Women Beware Women at the National Theatre is dark, decadent and
immensely stylish. Rating: * * * *

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