Gate, Notting Hill, London
Trailing clouds of glory from Edinburgh Fringe, George Brant’s Grounded has now arrived at Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre, itself the home of some of the most vibrant new writing of the past thirty years. Continue reading
Gate, Notting Hill, London
Trailing clouds of glory from Edinburgh Fringe, George Brant’s Grounded has now arrived at Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre, itself the home of some of the most vibrant new writing of the past thirty years. Continue reading
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London (****)
Bumptious, mouthy, cheeky – Al Smith’s adaptation of Gogol’s short story, Diary of a Madman is all these things and then some. A metaphor that rages about Scottish independence, national identity and corporate take-over wrapped up in the story of a humble man driven mad by loss, Christopher Haydon’s sparky, irreverent production understandably set tongues wagging during its initial run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Continue reading
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (****)
The Gate Notting Hill’s dynamic artistic director Christopher Haydon has taken a mighty gamble with this commission, Iphigenia at Aulis reflected through a fresh, contemporary prism from the point of view of each protagonist: Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia and the Chorus. Continue reading
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London
Did Elinor Cook have in mind that famous iconic picture of the little Vietnamese girl screaming in the road when she entitled her latest play, Image of an Unknown Young Woman kicking off Christopher Haydon’s intriguing new Gate season of Icons and Idols. Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut’s photo that went round the world came to symbolise the horror of the Vietnam war for a generation and beyond. Continue reading