The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. Read the full review. Read the full review, Buy Everybody's Talking About Jamie tickets, Address: 404 Strand, Covent Garden, London WC2R 0NH, In a nutshell:"The latest wheeze from those incorrigible scamps Mischief (the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong) – fringe whizz-kids turned theatrical world-leaders in the art of comic incompetence, who have joined forces for this show with ace magicians Penn & Teller. " It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator of the same name, his assassination and its aftermath. It is the only number-one single for the group on the Swedish Singles Chart, and their only top 10 hit since Play began in 2001.It is a cover of Big Time Rush's single "Famous" which was recorded and released in 2009. This play is an early tragedy (and likely Shakespeare’s first) about two teenage “star-cross’d lovers” whose “untimely deaths” ultimately unite their feuding households.
Read the full review, In a nutshell: "The impeccably rumpled and rueful Toby Jones gives a bravura performance in Conor McPherson's foul-mouthed but nuanced new version of Chekhov's great masterpiece of midlife regret. After Hamlet it is Shakespeare’s second longest play and is the longest of the First Folio, whose version of Hamlet is shorter than the Quarto version. (And check your email). Posing as a man and masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino. Like many of Shakespeare’s comedies, this one centers on mistaken identity. The human presence creating the animal magic is openly signalled in the costumes and puppetry. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch and has been described as “the world’s most filmed story after ‘Cinderella.’” The title role was almost certainly created for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare’s time. Its influence is still seen today, with the two main characters being widely represented as archetypal young lovers. Petruchio manipulates and “tames” her until she is obedient to his will. This musical retelling of the life of Tina Turner combines the aesthetic finesse of British director Phyllida Lloyd with the political instincts of Memphis-born, Olivier nominated playwright Katori Hall." The Party – a dinner, an immersive theatre show and a disco. Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper. It is the best new British musical since Billy Elliot. Attesting to its enduring popularity, the play appeared in seven editions between 1622 and 1705. This play is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. Discover the prequel to The Wizard of Oz in this uplifting story of Good Witch Glinda and "Wicked" Witch Elphaba. London's theatres are closed due to the Coronavirus lockdown. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with “Hamlet” is one of his most frequently performed plays. This tragedy is believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The cutest bookworm in town reminds everyone that sometimes you have to be a bit naughty in this charming musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's book. Read the full review, Address: 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, In a nutshell: "In theory it should all feel contrived – you've got Elton John and Tim Rice's anthemic pop efforts sharing the same terrain as earthy, soul-stirring African arrangements. Read the full review, In a nutshell: "Lucy Kirkwood's new play, set in Suffolk in 1759, captures the inescapable lot of its rural women: to toil and to suffer, unheard, unseen. This romantic comedy was written sometime in the 1590’s and portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers; a group of amateur actors; their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta; and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. Just this play. The play begins with a framing device in which a drunkard is deceived into thinking he is a nobleman who then watches the “play” itself, which depicts a nobleman, Petruchio, who marries an outspoken, intelligent and bad-tempered shrew named Katherine. Stay tuned! Read the full review, Address: Charing Cross Rd, Covent Garden, London WC2H 0DA, In a nutshell:"The highly personal swansong from Tom Stoppard, our greatest living playwright, takes in more than 50 years of Jewish family life in supposedly cultivated Vienna, and builds to an emotionally devastating conclusion as the eradication of the Nazi era is confronted. This tragedy is believed to have been written in 1599.
Moses and Kitch, two down-and-out young black males who are a bit like bickering brothers, shoot the breeze in a trigger-happy urban environment, in this bleak parable of the black American underclass."
It may be pricey, but the silliness is irresistible – only the churlish would claim this wasn’t fun." This is among the best-known of Shakespeare’s plays and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. You'll be be swept away by the sincerity of an absolutely terrific young British cast." 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The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness — from overwhelming grief to seething rage — and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest and moral corruption. Read the full review, Address: Shaftesbury Ave, Soho, London W1D 6AR, In a nutshell:"A delightfully silly stage spin-off to Ben Elton’s Shakespeare sitcom, starring David Mitchell in his West End debut as the Bard, reprising the enjoyably pompous indignation of his TV performance, only at a shoutier pitch. "Famous" is an English language hit by Swedish girl group Play, taken from the album Under My Skin (released on 21 April 2010). It tells the story of Jamie New (sharp, sassy, and delightfully out there and vulnerable), a gay teenager at a northern comprehensive, who, platinum-blond cropped hair shining like a beacon, decides to make his name as a cross-dresser." The protagonist of the play is Marcus Brutus and the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honor, patriotism and friendship. Read the full review, Address: 17 Wilton Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 1LG, In a nutshell: "No one could accuse Wicked of being a great musical – indeed at times it's a bit of a mess – but it proves far more enjoyable than I had dared to hope, and deserves a wider audience than adolescent schoolgirls." Returning to her rundown (bankrupt) hometown, this golden girl is expected to offer a massive cash-injection and does so, on condition that the old flame who jilted her after impregnating her years ago literally gets the chop; it’s blood-money or bust." His contribution to the English language is probably larger than that of anyone else. There is no doubt that Mr Shakespeare is the greatest writer of modern English to date – his plays have been made into movies, his sonnets have appeared in books and music, and his works translated in to hundreds of different languages. “Hamlet” is Shakespeare’s longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language. Read the full review, In a nutshell: "Written and performed by the legendary South African actor John Kani – starring opposite Antony Sher – this play is a compelling if cursory exploration of the legacy of Apartheid as expressed through the fast-flowering yet prickly rapport between a dying white South African actor and the elderly black male nurse who comes to tend to him." From fringe to the West End: London's best theatre. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. This article is licensed under the GFDL because it contains quotations from Wikipedia. Read the full review, In a nutshell: "Catherine Johnson's witty and ingenious script weaves Abba's famous songs around characters you care about, in an involving story about a strong-willed single mum and her 20-year-old daughter who wants to find out who her father is before she gets married." This is the singularly greatest romance ever written and has been continuously adapted to each generation in musicals, cinema and the theatre. I n a nutshell:"This restrained, rigorous revival of Caryl Churchill’s 2000 play proves our greatest female playwright is quite possibly a soothsayer. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man and who regards her as his confidant. Read the full review, Address: 85-88 St Martin's Ln, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4AP, In a nutshell:"This Tony-winning satirical musical romcom sees the titular gauche teen hero milk the suicide of a fellow student for empathy. Read the full review, In a nutshell: "Only generous-hearted fools and die-hard fans need apply within for this endearing but theatrically under-achieved stage-musical version of the much-loved BBC sitcom, which features Paul Whitehouse as Grandad."
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It is often shortened by cutting peripheral characters.