Reviews Archive Part 2
RSC 2004 - 5 Seasons are announced
Here are details straight from the RSC of their season into 2005.
A selection of Shakespeare plays, new work and an explosive Elizabethan/ Jacobean selection at the Swan.
LOVE AND MONEY. To 16 December.
Manchester/London
LOVE AND MONEY
by Dennis Kelly
Royal Exchange Studio To 11 November
Mon-Fri 7.30pm Sat 8pm Mat Thu 2.30pm & Sat 4pm
Post-show discussion 9 Nov 7.30pm
then Young Vic Theatre London (Maria auditorium) 16 November-16 December 2006
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Sat & 29 Nov, 13 Dec 4pm
Runs 1hr 30min No interval
TICKETS: 0161 833 9833
www.royalexchange.co.uk/bookonline (Manchester)
020 7928 6363
www.youngvic.org (50p discount per tickets online)
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 November
Love, money, pain, death in an assured mix.
Faust. To 31 March '07
Faust
Drawn from Goethe's Faust part I
National Theatre, 21 Wapping Lane, London E1
Tue to Sat 7:00 to 7:30 (check tickets)
Runs 2hr 30 mins to 3 hours - take an interval when you want one
TICKETS: 0207 452 3000
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Review: Geoff Ambler November 2006
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN till 8 December
London:
Mother Courage and her Children: In repertoire to Dec 8
Mother Courage and her Children
Olivier Theatre,
National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX
7.30; mats 2pm various (Suns 2.30); see calendar
For Audio-described and Captioned perfs see website: www.nationaltheatre.or.guk
Runs 3 hours 5mins incl 20 min interval
TICKETS 020 7452 3000
In person: Mon– Sat, 9.30am-8pm
On-line: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Sept 26, 2009.
More show than substance?
The Effect: Till 23 02 13
London: The Effect: to Feb 23, 2013
The Effect: Lucy Prebble
Cottesloe Theatre,
National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX
7.30; mats 2.30pm, Wed, Thurs, Sat (check website);
All perfs sold out
Captioned perf: Jan 14, 7.30pm
Audio described perf: Feb 1, 7.30pm, Feb 2, 2.30pm
Running time: 2hrs 40 mins with interval.
TICKETS 020 7452 3000
In person: Mon– Sat, 9.30am-8pm
On-line: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Nov 24, 2012
A walloping dose of scepticism.
BALLYTURK: till 11 10 14
London: National
BALLYTURK: Enda Walsh
National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX
7.30, mats Sats 2.15, Thurs Sept 25, Wed Oct 1, 8
Caption perf: Oct 2, 7.30pm
Audio described & touch tour: Oct 11, 2.15pm
Runs: 90mins without interval. To 11 10 14
TICKETS 020 7452 3000
In person: Mon– Sat, 9.30am-8pm
On-line: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review by Carole Woddis of performance seen Sept 20, 2014:
Challenging, intense, puzzling.
BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: till April 13
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Katherine Boo, David Hare
Olivier Theatre,
National Theatre
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX
7.30pm; mats 2.30pm, Suns 2pm – see website for mats, Sats, Sun, Tue, Weds
Audio-Described perfs: Fri Jan 2, 7.30pm; Sat Jan 3, 2.30pm with Touch Tour
Captioned perfs: Sun Jan 4, 2pm; Tues Jan 14, 7.30pm
NT Live: Thurs Mar 12, 7pm
Runs: 2hrs 45mins incl 20 min interval. To April 13, 2015
TICKETS 020 7452 3000
In person: Mon– Sat, 9.30am-8pm
On-line: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Nov 22, 2014:
The power to prick our conscience.
TWELFTH NIGHT, 4Star****, NT London. To 17 May
London.
TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare.
4Stars ****
The Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PX to 13 May 2017.
In rep. 7.30pm. Mat 2pm.
Runs 2hr 50 mins One interval.
TICKETS: 020 7452 3000.
www.natonaltheatre.org.uk
Review: William Russell 25 February.
A malevolent ill done by marvellous Malvolia