Tag: Theatre
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War Horse Review: The Audience Does The Rest
in ReviewsNearly twenty years after its premiere, War Horse remains one of Britain’s most extraordinary theatrical achievements. Through puppetry, suggestion and imagination, the National Theatre’s landmark production trusts its audience to complete the picture, creating a world that often feels more vivid than one rendered in full.
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Hooked, Then Completely Lost: Thoughts on Sherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park
in ReviewsSherlock Holmes at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre completely pulled me in with magical surroundings, razor-sharp pacing and constantly inventive staging, before an ending that left me feeling like I’d somehow wandered into an entirely different mystery. These aren’t so much formal thoughts on the production as they are an attempt to process the experience…
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A Horror That Dazzles Before It Bites
in ReviewsVisually striking and atmospherically bold, this ambitious stage thriller comes tantalisingly close to something extraordinary, but struggles to keep its story as sharp as its scares.
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The Devil Wears Prada and the Cost of Never Slowing Down
in ReviewsSlick, confident and relentlessly polished, The Devil Wears Prada knows how to move. What it struggles to do is stay still long enough for anything to mean something.
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The Producers and the Danger of Laughing Too Quickly
in ReviewsWhat happens when a musical moves so fast that laughter arrives before meaning? The Producers at the Garrick Theatre is explosive and deeply unsettling, inviting its audience into complicity before leaving them to question what they were so ready to enjoy.
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