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The Comedy of Errors
26 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at the Barbican

When two sets of identical masters and servants all find themselves in Ephesus (having been mixed-up and separated years earlier as the result of a nautical disaster) miscommunications and mistaken identities unsurprisingly result. The farcical comedy and slapstick choreography which ensues lays at the heart of Phillip Breen's direction of Shakespeare's best loved early comedy for the RSC, now playing at the Barbican.

The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors Barbican, London, November 2021. Photo by Pete Le May.

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Straight White Men
25 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Southwark Playhouse

Straight White Men A father invites his three grown-up sons to come together at the family home, where despite being surrounded by the trappings of Christmases past, this year something is clearly not right. Following its Broadway run at the Hayes Theatre, (which boasted Armie Hammer in the cast) Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men is playing a limited run at the Southwark Playhouse until 4 Dec.

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The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre
24 Nov
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Miriam Gibson

Review: LIFE OF PI at Wyndham's Theatre

From The Lion King to Avenue Q, and The Magician's Elephant to Frozen, puppets have been become increasingly common and inventive in theatral productions. Now, puppets star in the spectacle-filled and fun production of Life Of Pi.

The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) Tom Larkin (Tiger Head) Nicholas Khan (Pi's Father) in The Life of Pi. Photo by by Johan Persson

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Owen McDonnell (Pete) in Manor at the NT. Photo by Manuel Harlan
24 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: MANOR at National Theatre, Lyttelton

Owen McDonnell (Pete) in Manor at the NT. Photo by Manuel Harlan During a meteorological maelstrom, a dilapidated Manor House and its vibrant but cash-strapped owner Diana (delivered in a beautifully nuanced performance by Nancy Carroll) are unexpectedly inundated by a disparate group of shelter seekers. Can they weather both the ongoing storm and the clash of personalities which erupts from their enforced containment?

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The Drifters Girl
22 Nov
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Miriam Gibson

Review: THE DRIFTERS GIRL a the Garrick Theatre

The Drifters Girl "The Drifters are like the Yankees", we're told at the beginning of The Drifters Girl, “The line-up may change, but in the end there's only one New York Yankees”. To demonstrate this constantly changing but-never-really-changing line-up, four actors play the various incarnations of the Drifters.

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