Monthly Archives: December 2014

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS National Theatre/Olivier

I presume that the Indian government will not pleased that Katherine Boo’s Pulitizer Prize-winning book about life, death and hope in a Mumbai under city has now been turned into a play by David Hare and that it is being … Continue reading

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GOD BLESS THE CHILD Royal Court Upstairs

I think Molly Davies’s play may be the first one to be actually set in a primary school class, with little tables and little chairs, and the audience sitting on three sides next to the walls of the classroom. Most … Continue reading

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DON QUIXOTE Royal Opera House

Carlos Acosta’s production and choreography doesn’t succeed in its aim to drag the ballet into the 21st century and make it more exciting and more accessible. It remains what it always was: a pretty showcase for the lovers. Most audiences, … Continue reading

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