Monthly Archives: January 2015

GOLEM, staged by the multi-award-winning 1927 Company, which was founded by Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barritt, satirizes the way technology and consumerism is mastering us rather than the other way round. Golem (a lumpen figure made out of clay) is … Continue reading →

John Cariani’s series of tiny romances are extremely popular with American High Schools. It’s easy to see why. Each little scene is a two-hander and lasts barely ten minutes. There are eighteen roles. Simon Evans’s production is acted by an … Continue reading →

Gregory Doran’s production for the RSC is worth seeing primarily for the unexpected and successful casting of Antony Sher as Sir John Falstaff. Shakespeare’s greatest comic creation is not only witty in himself but the cause of wit in others. … Continue reading →

The famous, long-running Cats is back in town and recreated by the original creators: director Trevor Nunn, choreographer Gillian Lynne, set designer John Napier and lighting designer David Hersey. It’s not a musical. It’s dance theatre, to songs by Andrew … Continue reading →

Lots of purists (and not just purists) are going to be very irritated by Rupert Goold’s bizarre and gaudy production, which sets The Merchant of Venice in Las Vegas and all the characters are American. Portia (Susannah Fielding, hilarious, with … Continue reading →

Cy Colman’s 1989 award-winning Broadway musical, revived by Josie Rourke and cleverly designed by Robert Jones, has real class. The show is a parody of a 1940s film noir and is remarkable for Larry Gelbert’s witty pastiche of Raymond Chandler’s … Continue reading →