Tag: National Theatre

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    Kat Munday

    Review: National Theatre Live – ‘Good’ Starring David Tennant

    Kat Munday delves into the themes of David Tennants latest performance.

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    Dom Wilton

    Review: Amadeus at the National Theatre – “The finest piece of art in any medium”.

    Dom Wilton expresses the great excellence and beauty of Peter Schaffer’s Amadeus.

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    Morgan McMillan

    Les Blancs at The National Theatre: Systemic Racism and Colonialism Put On Stage

    Morgan McMillan picks apart Yaël Farber’s 2016 production of Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs.

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    Elizabeth Sorrell

    Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the National Theatre

    Elizabeth Sorrell explores Nicholas Hytner’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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    Camilla Cassidy

    The Modern Theatre: How Classic Plays Can Be Redesigned for the 21st Century

    Writers Camilla and Louise look at the best modern adaptations of classic Shakespeare plays.

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    Eleanor Joyce

    Review: War Horse at Mayflower Theatre

    Eleanor Joyce reviews the award-winning sensation that follows a boy’s mission to reunite with his treasured horse.

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    Liana Dent

    Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo to star in National Theatre’s Antony and Cleopatra

    The tragedy will be Fiennes’ next Shakespeare outing having played Richard III last year.

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    Sophie Jones

    Edge Alumni makes the shortlist for the shortFLIX Final 5

    Former film editor Ben Robins has been named as one of the five finalists of UK film initiative shortFLIX.

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    Abi Cutler

    Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Mayflower Theatre

    Abi Cutler reviews the second UK tour of the show, currently playing in Southampton.

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    Holly Hammond

    Stage Vs. Screen – Battle of Futility?

    What exactly is so different between the competing worlds of stage and screen? Is one inherently better? What can theatre offer that the cinema can’t compete with? Holly Hammond examines.

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    Eleanor Joyce

    Nostalgic News: War Horse was released five years ago today

    The film, based on Michael Morpurgo’s film of the same name, was released five years ago today.

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    Lisa Veiber

    Stage Spotlight: Benedict Cumberbatch

    Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch is the latest actor to be put in the Edge’s Stage Spotlight.

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    Rehana Nurmahi

    A new production of Othello to star David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig

    An off-Broadway production of the Shakespearean classic will be staged in New York next Autumn.

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    Kate Andrews

    Review: The James Plays at the National Theatre, London (11/10/2014)

    Topical despite their medieval protagonists Rona Munroe’s trilogy of plays exploring the stories of three Scottish monarchs stand strongly alone but are less cohesive as a unit.