United Kingdom Rattigan, The Deep Blue Sea: National Theatre at Home, 9.7.2020. (CS)
Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea plumbs the psycho-sexual depths: National Theatre At Home
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Epic, powerful, timely – National Theatre at Home’s Small Island
United Kingdom National Theatre at Home – Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Small Island: filmed live on stage at the National Theater in May 2019 and viewed on 24.6.2020. (RP)
Gillian Anderson’s Blanche disappoints as the object of masculine desire in the Young Vic’s replayed 2014 Streetcar
United Kingdom National Theatre at Home – Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire: filmed live on stage at the Young Vic on 16.9.2014 and reviewed on 25.5.2020 (JPr)
Reanimating ‘At Home’ Danny Boyle’s 2011 National Theatre Frankenstein
United Kingdom NT at Home – Frankenstein by Nick Dear (based on the novel by Mary Shelley): Directed for the screen by Tim van Someren and recorded at London’s Olivier Theatre in 2011. Reviewed on 4.5.2020. (JPr)
Exuberant Jason Manford-led Curtains proves a perfect antidote to our coronavirus-blighted times
United Kingdom Curtains (music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Rupert Holmes, original book and concept by Peter Stone with additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes): Company of Curtains, filmed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and directed for the screen by Martin Riley. Live online stream reviewed on 14.4.2020. (JPr)
‘He nose, you know!’: James McAvoy excels as a Cyrano de Bergerac for our contemporary age
United Kingdom National Theatre Live – Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac: directed for the screen by Tony Grech-Smith at London’s Playhouse Theatre and broadcast to Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, 12.3.2020. (JPr)
(c) Marc Brenner
Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Dürrenmatt’s The Visit: a relevant message for our times
United Kingdom Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit (adapted by Tony Kushner): National Theatre, London. 14. 2.2020. (CSa)
Watermill Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s mischief at Wilton’s Music Hall
United Kingdom Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (from the Watermill Theatre and directed by Paul Hart): Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 29.1.2020. (JB)
