Park Theatre
The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 and 2, Park Theatre review - if Chekhov did soap operasSaturday, 26 October 2024
The misadventures and misbehaviours of the English upper-middle class is catnip for TV executives. All those posh types on which us hoi polloi can sit in delicious self-righteous judgement, as we marvel at their cut glass accents, well-tailored... Read more... |
Autumn, Park Theatre review - on stage as in politics, Brexit drama promises much, but loses its wayMonday, 21 October 2024
Theatre is a strange dish. A recipe can be stacked with delicious ingredients, cooked to exacting standards, taste-test beautifully at the halfway mark, yet leave you not quite full, not exactly satisfied, disappointed that it didn’t come out quite... Read more... |
Hir, Park Theatre review - incendiary production for Taylor Mac's rich absurdist family dramaFriday, 23 February 2024
In 2017, two years after Hir premiered, Taylor Mac was awarded a “Genius Grant” and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for drama. The new production of Hir at the Park demonstrates why. It’s a rich, provocative piece about the ideas that drive us now,... Read more... |
Passing, Park Theatre review - where do we go from here?Monday, 20 November 2023
“It’s nothing like Christmas,” Rachel (Amy-Leigh Hickman) hisses at her brother David (Kishore Walker). She’s trying to wrangle her family into their first ever Diwali celebration, but everything’s going wrong. Her dad Yash (Bhasker Patel) is... Read more... |
The Interview, Park Theatre review - Martin Bashir's comeuppanceSaturday, 04 November 2023
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that Diana, Princess of Wales, gave to BBC journo Martin Bashir in 1995 you can see why. As anyone who follows current affairs knows, it has been revealed that... Read more... |
Disruption, Park Theatre review - relevant and resonantFriday, 21 July 2023
Plays chronicling the unscrupulous collision of high finance and big tech seem 10 a penny these days. Some writers, such as Joseph Charlton, seem to have built entire careers around telling glossy tech morality tales (for my money the best in this... Read more... |
The Shape of Things, Park Theatre review - the shape of what, exactly?Wednesday, 07 June 2023
It’s been more than 20 years since the premiere of The Shape of Things, Neil LaBute’s prickly drama about couples and friends and the ways we change each other. And boy, does it show. Director Nicky Allpress and a talented young cast try their best... Read more... |
Winner's Curse, Park Theatre review - Clive Anderson takes to the boardsWednesday, 15 February 2023
Who better to write a piece about the game-playing of a peace-talks negotiation than a former peace-talk negotiator, Daniel Taub? And who better to sprinkle some comedy oofle dust on the proceedings than the TV producer and writer Dan Patterson,... Read more... |
Clybourne Park, Park Theatre review - excellent revival of Bruce Norris's award-winnerSaturday, 26 March 2022
Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park arrived at London’s Royal Court like a blazing comet in 2010, a bold kind of satire about race relations that was both sassy and savvy.Now it’s back for a run at the Park Theatre, N1. Twelve years on, we have learnt to... Read more... |
Never Not Once, Park Theatre review - disappointing UK debut for a feminist award-winnerMonday, 21 February 2022
Carey Crim’s 2017 play arrives from the US at north London's Park Theatre trailing a feminist playwriting award for its dissection of what happens when a smart college senior raised by two women starts to question her parentage. Eleanor wants to... Read more... |
The 4th Country, Park Theatre review – sympathetic and intriguingMonday, 17 January 2022
History is a prison. Often, you can’t escape. It imprints its mark on people, environments and language. And nowhere is this more true that in Northern Ireland, where the history of conflict between the Republican Catholic community and the Loyalist... Read more... |
A Place for We, Park Theatre review - perceptive, but rather flabbyWednesday, 27 October 2021
I’ve lived in Brixton, south London, for about 40 years now, so any play that looks at the gentrification of the area is, for me, definitely a must. Like many other places in the metropolis, the nature of the urban landscape has changed both due to... Read more... |
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