THEATRE
March 2012
She Stoops to Conquer at the NT is so unsubtle as to be OTT—like many of the National’s comedies
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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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Theatre
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