Tag Archives: Wyndham’s Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW: Royal Court’s ‘Clybourne Park’

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Race relations in a Chicago suburb in 1959 and 50 years later take a savage but hilarious beating in the Royal Court’s “Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris, now transferred to the West End. In 1959, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: Royal Court’s ‘Clybourne Park’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘The Shawshank Redemption’

Posted on September 17, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Fashioned more to take advantage of the enduring popularity of the 1994 movie, the stage version of “The Shawshank Redemption”, which moved to the West End following a good run in Dublin, succeeds as entertainment … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: ‘The Shawshank Redemption’

THEATRE REVIEW: Jude Law in ‘Hamlet’

Posted on June 4, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Anyone who expects a fey and fragile prince from Jude Law in the Donmar’s new West End production of “Hamlet” is in for a surprise as he renders the troubled Dane as rugged and fit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: Jude Law in ‘Hamlet’

THEATRE REVIEW: Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Posted on May 25, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Sometimes it requires an impeccable production to reveal the true beauties of a difficult show and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” has that in the wonderful Menier Chocolate Factory staging now at … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

THEATRE REVIEW: Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Posted on May 25, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Sometimes it requires an impeccable production to reveal the true beauties of a difficult show and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” has that in the wonderful Menier Chocolate Factory staging now at … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

THEATRE REVIEW: Joanna Murray-Smith’s ‘Honour’

Posted on February 16, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – A young intruder’s destruction of a long marriage is at the heart of Joanna Murray-Smith’s play “Honour” and it contains much insight and wisdom except that it’s inconceivable the celebrated media couple involved would never … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on THEATRE REVIEW: Joanna Murray-Smith’s ‘Honour’

THEATRE REVIEW: Marina Carr’s ‘By the Bog of Cats’

Posted on December 2, 2004 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Holly Hunter’s star power is one of the problems in Dominic Cooke’s staging of “By the Bog of Cats,” an intense but uneven retelling of “Medea,” but it is also its saving grace. Playwright Marina … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment