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Critcompare: Journey's End - Duke of York's Theatre, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: David Grindley’s international multi-award winning production of R.C. Sherriff’s masterpiece JOURNEY … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, R. C. Sherriff. Duke of York's Theatre

Critcompare: On the Record - Arcola Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: When Im writing articles, Im not scared at all. Im on a high. Its such a rush. The fear comes later. … more →

Tags: Arcola Theatre, Christine Bacon, london theatre, Michael Longhurst, Noah Birksted-Breen, Press Review, Theatre Reviews

Critcompare: The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Young Vic, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago:         High in the mountains of Galway live a lonely spinster Maureen and her d … more →

Tags: london theatre, Young Vic, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Martin MacDonagh, Joe Hill-Gibbins

Critcompare: Ghost, the Musical - Piccadilly Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy star in Bruce Joel Rubin’s adaptation of his original scree … more →

Tags: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, london theatre, Matthew Warchus, musicals, Press Review, Theatre Reviews

Critcompare: Mongrel Island - Soho Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Ever felt that your job is taking you nowhere? Marie is losing herself in her grey office existence, … more →

Tags: Ed Harris, london theatre, Press Review, Soho Theatre, Steve Marmion, Theatre Reviews

Critcompare: Anne Boleyn - Shakespeare's Globe, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Hunting through an old chest, the newly crowned James I discovers the controversial legacy of Anne B … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, William Shakespeare, John Dove, globe theatre, Howard Brenton

Critcompare: A Woman Killed With Kindness - Lyttleton, Nation Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Two women fight for their emotional survival in a rural wilderness dominated by men, money and an un … more →

Tags: National Theatre, london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Katie Mitchell, Thomas Heywood

Critcompare: Belongings - Trafalgar Studios, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: ‘Just because you appear to have secrets don’t mean your secrets are all that interestin … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Trafalgar Studios

Critcompare: Betrayal - Comedy Theatre, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Over a period of nine years, we are shown the high price of passion and the damage inflicted by desi … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Harold Pinter, Kristin Scott Thomas, ian rickson

Critompare: Luise Miller - Donmar Warehouse, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: “The stuff of seduction is also the stuff of politics. Lies and promises!” Blood of anci … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Donmar Warehouse, Mike Poulton, Michael Grandage, schiller

Critcompare: The Government Inspector - Young Vic, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats … more →

Tags: london theatre, Young Vic, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Richard Jones, julian baratt, Nikolai Gogol

Critcompare: Chicken Soup with Barley - Royal Court Theatre, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago:   Chicken Soup with Barley, the first in a trilogy that includes Roots and I’m Talking about Je … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Royal Court Theatre, dominic cooke, Press Review, Arnold Wesker

Critcompare: Haunting Julia - Riverside Studios, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: They called her ‘Little Miss Mozart’. Julia was a musical prodigy. At eight she was writing symphoni … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Alan Ayckbourn, Andrew Hall, Riverside Studios

Critcompare: Much Ado About Nothing - Wyndham's Theatre, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: This summer,  David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to appear together on stage for the first time in … more →

Tags: William Shakespeare, David Tennant, Catherine Tate

Critcompare: Lord of the Flies - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: After a group of schoolboys survive a massive plane crash, what starts as a classic desert island ad … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Timothy Sheader, William Golding, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Critcompare: Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare's Globe, London ****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Claudio loves Hero and Hero Claudio and nothing seems capable of tearing them apart. Claudio’s frien … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, William Shakespeare, globe theatre, jeremy herrin

Critcompare: Pygmalion - Garrick Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Egocentric Professor of Phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend, the amiable Colonel Pic … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, Garrick Theatre, Rupert Everett, Diana Rigg, Kara Tointon

Critcompare: One Man, Two Guvnors - Lyttleton, National Theatre, London *****

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End … more →

Tags: National Theatre, london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Press Review, James Corden, Richard Bean, Nicholas Hytner

Critcompare: The Acid Test - Royal Court Theatre, London ***

Jes Camilleri wrote 1 year ago: Dana, Ruth and Jess down shots to console the heart-broken, to comfort the anxious and just pass the … more →

Tags: london theatre, Theatre Reviews, Royal Court Theatre, Press Review, Anya Reiss, Simon Godwin


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