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Kerri McLean and Paul McGann in The River at Greenwich Theatre. Photo credit: Danny with a Camera
04 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: THE RIVER at Greenwich Theatre

For an actor whose career has included dozens of theatre productions (from Loot in the West End and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, to Major Barbara at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin), Paul McGann must roll his eyes whenever someone references his star turn in Withnail & I, or his stint as the eighth incarnation of Doctor Who. However, it is precisely these roles which have ensured a good turn-out here at the has-seen-better-days-and-could-do-with-a-boost-to-funding Greenwich Theatre.

Kerri McLean and Paul McGann in The River at Greenwich Theatre. Photo credit: Danny with a CameraKerri McLean and Paul McGann in The River at Greenwich Theatre. Photo credit: Danny with a Camera

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Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas.  Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
03 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: National Ballet of Canada Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells

A triple bill of fresh work from Canada can be enjoyed for a short period at Sadler’s Wells, where Passion (2☆☆ choreographed by James Kudelka), islands (4☆☆☆☆ a duet for two women choreographed by Emma Portner) and finally Angels’ Atlas (5☆☆☆☆☆ choreographed by Crystal Pite) constitute the presentation which has been given the title Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada.

Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas.  Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.

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Susan Momoko Hingley as Narumi in One Small Step at the Charing Cross Theatre
02 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: ONE SMALL STEP at Charing Cross Theatre

The programme image for ONE SMALL STEP neatly encapsulates the subject matter for this new and ambitious play written and directed by Takuya Kato, which has just opened at the Charing Cross Theatre. A young couple, silhouetted by the Tokyo skyline, stand gazing up at the moon whose white disc contains the blurred outline of a human foetus.

Susan Momoko Hingley as Narumi in One Small Step at the Charing Cross TheatreSusan Momoko Hingley as Narumi in One Small Step at the Charing Cross Theatre.

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Morfydd Clark in Roots at Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner
01 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: ROOTS at Almeida Theatre

As part of its Angry and Young season, The Almeida is currently presenting John Osborne’s Look Back In Anger, in rep with Arnold Wesker’s 1958 kitchen sink drama ROOTS.

Morfydd Clark in Roots at Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc BrennerMorfydd Clark in Roots at Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner

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the lehman trilogy
01 Oct
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Miriam Gibson

First Look: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Gillian Lynne Theatre

In 2008, Lehman Brothers bank collapsed during the global financial crisis. The bank had began over 160 years earlier as a small shop in Alabama. Returning to the Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Lehman Trilogy tells the story of the organisation from beginning to end and, through it, the story of a family and a country.

the lehman trilogyJohn Heffernan, Howard W. Overshown, Aaron Krohn in The Lehman Trilogy 2024. Photo by Kevin Berne

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