After The Sleeping Beauty by Matthew Bourne and with The Royal Ballet, Matthew Paluch looks at the National Theatre’s take on the story. TitleHexCompanyNational TheatreVenueOlivier Theatre, National … [Read more...] about [Review] Hex – an alternative Sleeping Beauty from the National Theatre
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Scottish Ballet to review partnership with “dirty oil” sponsors BP
On the last day of COP26 – the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – Scottish Ballet has come under attack for accepting sponsorship from BP, the British multinational oil and gas … [Read more...] about Scottish Ballet to review partnership with “dirty oil” sponsors BP
“Ideas batter me like hailstones. Who am I?” – Frankenstein at the National Theatre
Frankenstein, the play, directed by Danny Boyle, is just the latest in an almost innumerable sequence of stage, television and film versions of Shelley’s book. Ever since it was published, almost 200 … [Read more...] about “Ideas batter me like hailstones. Who am I?” – Frankenstein at the National Theatre
The National, the Donmar and the Royal Court rake in the Laurence Olivier Award nominations – but Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is up there too
17 nominations for the National Theatre, 9 for the Royal Court and 9 for the Donmar is hardly a surprise, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's much criticised Phantom follow-up Love Never Dies has garnered an … [Read more...] about The National, the Donmar and the Royal Court rake in the Laurence Olivier Award nominations – but Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is up there too
All I ask is the possibility of love! – Frankenstein at the National Theatre
The beginning of February sees what must be one of the most highly anticipated productions of 2011 - Frankenstein, directed by Danny 'Slumdog Millionaire' Boyale at London's National Theatre. It is an … [Read more...] about All I ask is the possibility of love! – Frankenstein at the National Theatre