Tag Archives: Theatre Royal Haymarket

THEATRE REVIEW: Terence Rattigan’s ‘Flare Path’

Posted on March 14, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – It’s hill of beans time in Terence Rattigan’s wartime drama Flare Path as three little people realize what their problems amount to in a world made crazy by nightly bombing raids as Britain fights alone … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Flare Path', James Purefoy, Mark Dexter, Sheridan Smith, Sienna Miller, Terence Rattigan, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Trevor Nunn | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – If Mrs. Malaprop did not exist (in fiction) someone would have to invent her. The trouble with Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th century comedy of manners “The Rivals”, given a jewel-box revival at London’s Theatre Royal, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'The Rivals', Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Peter Hall, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Tamzin Outhwaite in ‘Sweet Charity’

Posted on December 3, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – British television actress Tamzin Outhwaite is so vivacious and eager to please in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of the 1960s Broadway show “Sweet Charity”, now transferred to the West End, that it’s a shame … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Sweet Charity', 'The Nights of Calabria', Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Federico Fellini, Matthew White, Neil Simon, Tamzin Outhwaite, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Anna Friel in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

Posted on October 2, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Anna Friel is attractive and spirited as Holly Golightly in Samuel Adamson’s new stage adaptation of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket, but the production cannot match her sparkle. The mountain-stream clarity of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', Anna Friel, Audrey Hepburn, Blake Edwards, George Peppard, Henry Mancini, Samuel Adamson, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Truman Capote | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: McKellen and Stewart in ‘Waiting for Godot’

Posted on May 7, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – So much portentous meaning has been read into Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” that it’s pleasure to be reminded by Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart what an entertaining show it is. The two “X-Men” … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Waiting for Godot', Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ronald Pickup, Samuel Beckett, Simon Callow, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Michel Legrand’s ‘Marguerite’

Posted on June 7, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Singing Nazis are a tough sell unless its Mel Brooks producing laughs. So when the German officer in love with the title character in the new musical “Marguerite” starts to sing about his broken heart, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Marguerite', Herbert Kretzmer, Michel Legrand, Ruthie Henshall, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Eileen Atkins, David Haig in ‘The Sea’

Posted on January 25, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett A curious blend of Charlotte Bronte, Oscar Wilde and M. Night Shyamalan, Edward Bond’s eccentric play “The Sea” brings together drawing-room comedy and alien conspiracies in a storm-laden English setting in 1907. In the second production … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'The Sea', David Haig, Edward Bon, Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Kent, Steven Edis, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Wycherley’s ‘The Country Wife’

Posted on October 12, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – When the curtain goes up in the new West End production of William Wycherley’s Restoration sex comedy “The Country Wife,” Toby Stephens, as a priapic young stud named Horner, is standing alone with his back … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'The Country Wife', David Haig, Fiona Glascott, Jonathan Kent, Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Toby Stephens, William Wycherley | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘A Few Good Men’

Posted on October 25, 2005 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – “The West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin’s entertaining courtroom drama “A Few Good Men” survives the journey from its Cold War roots in David Esbjornson’s production but it cannot escape the shadow of the star power … Continue reading →

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