REVIEW: Blithe Spirit, Harold Pinter Theatre London
Our very own theatreCat Libby Purves indulges her love of Coward with a look at Jennifer Saunders in Blithe Spirit now playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
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Blithe Spirit starring Jennifer Saunders returns to the West End
Jennifer Saunders returns to the West End production of Noel Coward’s classic comedy Blithe Spirit at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 16 Sept
Richard Eyre to direct Penelope Wilton in David Hare play at the Menier
Richard Eyre is to direct Penelope Wilton in a major revival of David Hare’s play The Bay At Nice at the Menier Chocolate Factory in March 2019.
REVIEW: My Name Is Lucy Barton, Bridge Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Laura Linney in My Name Is Lucy Barton now playing at the Bridge Theatre
REVIEW: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Wyndham’s Theatre ✭✭✭✭
O’Neill’s stonking piece of work is safe and in the care of visionary director Richard Eyre and a wonderful cast lead by the luminous Lesley Manville.
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville to star in O’Neill’s Long Days Journey Into Night
Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey Into Night. The Tyrones’ summer home, August 1912. Haunted by the past but unable to face the truth of the present, the Tyrones and their two sons test the bonds of a family caught in a cycle of love and resentment. As day turns to night and the family indulge in their vices, the truth unravels leaving behind a quartet of ruined lives. One of the UK’s leading and critically acclaimed actors, Academy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winner, Jeremy Irons returns to the London stage for the first time in over ten years. He is joined by BAFTA and Olivier Award-winner Lesley Manville, one of Britain’s most respected actresses, who is reunited with director … Read more
Mr Foote’s Other Leg Transfers to Theatre Royal Haymarket
Following a sell-out season at the Hampstead Theatre, Richard Eyre’s production of Mr Foote’s Other Leg will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 28th October 2015 for a strictly limited season. In Georgian London, no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian, he has become a celebrity in a city, and at the moment in time, when the concept of selling personality was born. He even has the ear of the king. Adored by many, despised by some, Foote finds himself at the sharp end of attacks from the press…and a surgeon’s knife. And in an age obsessed with fame, his colleagues from the worlds of science and the stage – from Benjamin Franklin to David Garrick – begin to wonder: does fame make you mad? Mr Foote’s Other Leg stars Simon Russell Beale as Samuel Foote in Ian Kelly’s rollicking rumbustious comedy. The … Read more
REVIEW: Mr Foote’s Other Leg, Hampstead Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Hampstead season has all but sold out, if not actually sold out. Make every effort to grab a return. The production really ought to transfer to the West End and run and run, preferably at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. To see this rich plum pudding of a play in the theatre which is closest to the place where Foote worked his magic, and which bears the name of Foote’s own passion, would be really something.
