Apollo Theatre, London ***
There can’t be many plays where actors spend quite so much time with their backs to the audience. Continue reading
Tag Archives: David Mamet
Oleanna
Garrick Theatre, London
(***three stars)
David Mamet never wrote a more controversial play than Oleanna, or one more designed to get the hackles rising. Continue reading
Bitter Wheat
Garrick Theatre, London ***
Runs: 2hrs 20mins incl interval.
TICKETS 0844 412 4659
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Review: of perf seen June 19, 2019:
© Manuel Harlan, John Malkovich as Barney Fein, film mogul and Matthew Pidgeon as putative script-writer falling foul of Fein’s deal-making…
Any production that has John Malkovich heading its cast in a new David Mamet is going to sound like a sure-fire box office hit. Continue reading
The Kid stays in the Picture
Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs (***)
© Johan Persson, the cast of The Kid stays in the Picture
The really interesting question arising from Simon McBurney’s latest multi-media bonanza is why Robert Evans? The amount of money and artistry lavished on this admittedly important but by no means the most influential of Hollywood producers – Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, The Godfather are some of his major credits – is considerable. Continue reading