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Wartime Thriller Pressure announces tour and casting
Based on the remarkable real-life tale of two warring Allied meteorologists tasked with predicting the weather conditions for the D Day landings, David Haig’s acclaimed play Pressure will embark on a UK tour before transferring to London’s Park Theatre. The national press night will take place on Tuesday 3rd April, 7pm at Park Theatre, London. 72 hours prior to the D…
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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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Sand in the Sandwiches, Minerva Theatre (Chichester)
Hugh Whitemore’s play looks at the life and work of John Betjeman, one of Britain’s most celebrated poets. Edward Fox plays Betjeman in this one-man play directed by Gareth Armstrong and it is light and traditional play. As light as one of Betjeman’s poems but not at all fluffy. The simple set design by Fotini…
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Ross, Chichester Festival Theatre, 25 June 2016
You cannot move for Terence Rattigan at the moment. The National has The Deep Blue Sea, The Arcola had Kenny Morgan and Chichester had (I am afraid I saw it on its last day) Rattigan’s 1960 play Ross, about Lawrence during and after Arabia. Joseph Fiennes takes on the role of ‘Ross’ the pseudonym T.E Lawrence…
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