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King Lear at the Courtyard Theatre

King Lear at the Courtyard Theatre

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 10 Mar 2010

There is no Hollywood ending in David Farr’s RSC Lear at the Courtyard theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.

Catastrophe Trilogy by Lone Twin at the Barbican

Catastrophe Trilogy by Lone Twin at th...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 9 Mar 2010

Different rules apply to a conceptual three-parter like Lone Twin’s Catastrophe Trilogy, ...

11 and 12 at the Barbican Theatre in London

11 and 12 at the Barbican Theatre in L...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 22 Feb 2010

11 and 12, directed by Peter Brook, is a 100 minute meditation on religious tolerance.

Nic Green's Trilogy at the Barbican

Nic Green's Trilogy at the Barbican

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 4 Feb 2010

Nic Green’s stirring and very moving Trilogy, at the Barbican last weekend, wears its message ...

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 3 Feb 2010

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: An adaptation of a classic book for stage or screen is usually greeted ...

THEATRE REVIEW - Nation, National Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW - Nation, National Thea...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 11 Jan 2010

Terry Pratchett’s Nation, adapted for the Olivier stage at the National Theatre by Mark ...

Ennio Marchetto: Living Paper Cartoon

Ennio Marchetto: Living Paper Cartoon

Anita Kappeler (United Kingdom) 23 Dec 2009

SOUTHBANK CENTRE: Ennio Marchetto is a dynamo of a man, and in full flight in his one man show, ...

THEATRE REVIEW - Pains of Youth, National Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW - Pains of Youth, Natio...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 27 Nov 2009

The one thing aphorisms about 'youth' have in common is a consensus that it is good to be young. ...

THEATRE REVIEW - The Fahrenheit Twins, Barbican

THEATRE REVIEW - The Fahrenheit Twins,...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 27 Nov 2009

I have not read Michael Faber’s The Fahrenheit Twins but seeing Told by an Idiot’s stage version ...

THEATRE REVIEW - Architecting, The Pit (Barbican)

THEATRE REVIEW - Architecting, The Pit...

David Trennery (United Kingdom) 14 Nov 2009

Architecting draws heavily on both the film and book of Gone With The Wind. At 150 minutes, it is ...