Review: National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 29 January 2020 Noël Coward may have written the comedy Present Laughter as a parody of his own…
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Review: National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2019)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 13 October 2019 As part of the National Theatre Live program, the original stage play of Fleabag has…
Review: National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 4 September 2019 In 2008 Lehman Brothers – the fourth largest investment bank in the USA – collapsed….
Review: National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 23 May 2019 Joseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve was an instant classic upon its release in October…
Film Review: NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 16 April 2019 Simon Russell Beale may be one of the pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of today, but it…
Review: NT Live: The Madness of George III (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 10 December 2018 Most familiar to Sherlock fans as Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s chiding elder brother, Mark Gatiss has…
Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 11 November 2018 When one of the finest actors of his generation leads in a play by the…
Review: National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 17 July 2018 I can only imagine how daunting it must be to contemplate adapting the Scottish play…
Review: National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 10 April 2018 When it’s tempting to moan about how bad we’ve got it with our politicians, it…
Review: National Theatre Live: Young Marx (2018)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 14 March 2018 Karl Marx. A name that inspires equal amounts of fervent respect and spiteful hatred, depending…