| Review – She Stoops to Conquer, National Theatre - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:22:59 +0000 |
Another Whingers’ first; one which left Andrew to reflect on genetic instruction. You may recall that Phil’s sister Elizabeth was once reduced to contributing to this site, penning a review of the 8 hour Oberammergau Passion Play so that we need never trouble ourselves with it. Anyway, the poor woman undertook her inaugural Whingers’ trip last [...] |
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| Review – Noises Off, The Old Vic - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:03:16 +0000 |
“If we can just get through the play once tonight – for doors and sardines. That’s what it’s all about, doors and sardines. Getting on, getting off. Getting the sardines on, getting the sardines off. That’s farce. That’s – that’s the theatre. That’s life.” Continuing our January mopping up of the theatrical spills we’ve somehow [...] |
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| Review – The House of Bernarda Alba, Almeida Theatre - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:14:58 +0000 |
“I wanted to rewind the first couple of minutes and see them again,” Andrew whined at the end of The House of Bernarda Alba. Not for the first time Phil wished Andrew would pay more attention to things. But on this occasion, to be fair, THOBA does open with something of an unexpected coup de théâtre - a promising [...] |
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