"Mike Barlett's play is strong, with sparking dialogue, but it's the acting that really compelled."
Cock – A Mini Review (2009)
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NT: Phedre – now on NT@HOME
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Twelve years after this was staged at the National Theatre it’s available to stream online until November 2021. Should you watch? If approaching with low expectations, I’d say go for it. Watch Helen Mirren reach and fail to grasp both the object of her obsession and the nuances in the Racine translation. Watch a young Dominic Cooper, fresh from the History Boys as the object of that obsession. Watch and...
NT:LIVE – A Streetcar named desire
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As written in 2014: I saw this NT:LIVE, not Young Vic live, last Tuesday and was hoping to get a proper review up but, time is of essence. Encore performances – globally – are happening tomorrow evening, and on October 6th. And it is well, well, worth booking a ticket. Information on venues and tickets can be found here. This is a magnetic performance of a lifetime, nay of a career. Gillian Anderson is...
NT:LIVE Coriolanus
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As the Donmar’s 2014 production of Coriolanus goes NT:Live on the National Theatre’s YouTube channel tonight, for seven days, I thought I would repost my review from February of that year: AS WRITTEN IN 2014: I saw Coriolanus, on Thursday evening, thanks to the technical wizardry of N.T. Live. Although I don’t think ‘live’ carries the impact of the actual live performance – in that the...