Sunday, June 1, 2008

ATW NewsClips - Weekend Edition - London

The Independent

No. 1 Ladies' Opera House to bring arias to Botswana's bushland
It may only be a matter of time before Precious Ramotswe is operatically trilling her way through her private investigations. Alexander McCall Smith, the author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, has founded Botswana's first opera house....

Reviews: * Troilus and Cressida, Barbican, London; * Fat Pig, Trafalgar Studios, London; * The Cherry Orchard, Festival Theatre, Chichester


The Times UK

Julia Davis gets personal in Contractions
Nighty Night set the risqué benchmark for suicide and sex gags. Now Julia Davis is pushing boundaries again

An ill wind blows Rhett and Scarlett away
After just a few weeks the musical version of Gone with the Wind has collapsed amid poor ticket sales and worse reviews

Troilus and Cressida - Sunday Times review
Only a great and adventurous director such as Declan Donnellan could suddenly come up with such a crude, muddled, overdirected production

The Pitmen Painters - Sunday Times review
Amid laugh-out-loud moments, Lee Hall makes serious points about art, class, politics and the tension between individual and group identities

The Cherry Orchard - Sunday Times review
The production looks like a dreary furniture show. It’s the performances that carry it

Fat pig;The Common Pursuit - Sunday Times review
Neil Labute's latest is thin on ideas but The Common Pursuit still touches the heart

The Observer

Put on some weight, please
Theatre roundup: Neil LaBute's latest play tackles a big issue yet offers slim pickings beyond the gags. But genius lights up Troilus and Cressida

Whatsonstage.com

Nunn’s GWTW Posts Early Closing Notices, 14 Jun

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