THEATRE
January/February 2012
Peter Capaldi at the Gielgud is a scream but Lenny Henry at the National gets out of hand
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December 2011
The wonderful story of The Pitmen Painters is spoiled by Lee Hall’s insistent left-wing moralising
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November 2011
The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s production of King Lear is a pacy triumph
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October 2011
A new revival of Top Girls shows that Caryl Churchill’s Thatcherite satire retains its dramatic vigour
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Theatre
Written each month by Standpoint's resident theatre critic, Minette Marrin
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