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Look Back on: Terence Rattigan
With revivals of his work at the National Theatre, Theatre Royal, Bath, Chichester Festival Theatre, The Garrick and on tour why does the work of Rattigan attract modern audiences? National Theatre’s The Deep Blue Sea (1952), directed by Carrie Cracknell and starring Helen McCrory this summer was one of a number of revivals of his…
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Oil, Almeida Theatre
The world premiere of “Oil”, a new play by Ella Hickson, is an ambitious production of an ambitious text. Absorbing, strong on character and making the audience work to understand what’s going on, you almost feel when you leave as if you have attended something important. Almost. The play has an intricate structure: it is…
View from the Cheap Seat 