John Nathan

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Romeo and Juliet review: Radical adaptation with the pace of a thriller

Toheeb Jimoh and Isis Hainsworth excel as director Rebecca Frecknall brings air of street menace to story of star-crossed lovers

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Romeo and Juliet review: Radical adaptation with the pace of a thriller

Dear England Review: They shoot, they score …it’s a winner for England

2 min read

Groundhog Day review: A repeat production of fizzing delight

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James Bond theme tune lyricist Don Black: 'I’m lousy at most things, but I can write songs'

5 min read

Rose is a play that expresses the opinions of real Jews, even if you don't like it

To prevent Jews from being represented on stage because they might give succour to Israel’s critics is a cop out

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June 9, 2023 12:07

Rose is a play that expresses the opinions of real Jews, even if you don't like it

The Shape of Things to Come review: A play on deception

Neil LaBute's play morphs from rom-com into a tense and disturbing power struggle

2 min read

June 8, 2023 14:04

Trish Wadley Productions in association with Bethany Cooper Productions and Park Theatre present The Shape of Things at the Park Theatre By Neil LaBute Directed by Nicky Allpress Cast ADAM | LUKE NEWTON EVELYN | AMBER ANDERSON JENNY | CARLA HARRISON-HODGE PHILLIP | MAJID MEHDIZADEH-VALOUJERDY Creatives DIRECTOR | NICKY ALLPRESS SET & COSTUME DESIGN | PETE BUTLER LIGHTING DESIGN | ANNA REDDYHOFF SOUND DESIGN | ASAF ZOHAR COSTUME SUPERVISOR | ALEXANDRA KHARIBIAN CASTING DIRECTOR | AMY JANE BLAIR GENERAL MANAGER | DAVID ADKIN PRODUCTION MANAGER | JOHN BOQWANA-PAGE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | BETHANY COOPER STAGE MANAGER | GRACE HANS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER | BENJAMIN MOWBRAY VOICE | TESS DIGNAN DIALECT | EDDA SHARPE ADDITIONAL VIDEO CONTENT | PETE BUTLER MARKETING | CUP OF AMBITION PR | KATE MORLEY

Aspects of Love review: A slick and sumptuous meditation on passion

Triumphant revival of Lloyd Webber musical sees Michael Ball return... but in a different role

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June 1, 2023 08:41

Aspects of Love, , Music - Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics- Don Black and Charles Hart, based on the novel by David Garnett, directed by Jonathan Kent, Lyric Theatre, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/

Once on this Island reivew: Scored fairy tale told in the Caribbean tradition

Production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's tale of two worlds on one island is beautifully sung if a little truncated

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May 25, 2023 10:32

Once on this Island reivew: Scored fairy tale told in the Caribbean tradition

Politics: A Survivor’s Guide review: Is Britain sleepwalking into populism?

A columnist’s view of post-Brexit politics and the impact it has had on him

3 min read

May 24, 2023 14:38

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 3, 2018. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Hapless TV Review - Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to Finchley

The comedy is unhurried, deliberately discomforting fare in next series of Gary Sinyor show

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May 18, 2023 16:01

Hapless TV Review - Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to Finchley

August in England review: Fiery lament of a Windrush deportee

Lenny Henry excels in monologue featuring a 50-something grocer who arrived in England from Jamaica in 1962 but decades later is forced to leave

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May 12, 2023 12:07

Lenny Henry in August In England by Lenny Henry @ Bush Theatre (Opening 04-05-2023) ©Tristram Kenton 05-23 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

Theatre review: Retrograde - A dilemma for Sidney Poitier

Hot playwright Ryan Calais-Cameron's latest drama focuses on what went down when America’s first African American Oscar winner was on the cusp of fame

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April 28, 2023 11:40

Theatre review: Retrograde - A dilemma for Sidney Poitier

Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud - Temptations reign supreme

Joyfully told story of Motown band in musical packed with brilliantly performed songs won't disappoint fans

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April 20, 2023 09:43

AINT TOO PROUD, BOOK BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU, MUSIC AND LYRICS FROM THE LEGENDARY MOTOWN CATALOG, BASED ON THE BOOK ENTITLED THE TEMPTATIONS BY OTIS WILLIAMS WITH PATRICIA ROMANOWSKI, MUSIC BY ARRANGEMENT WITH SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING,DIRECTED BY DES MCANUFF, CHOREOGRAPHED BY SERGIO TRUJILLO, SCENIC DESIGN ROBERT BRILL, COSTUME DESIGN PAUL TAZEWELL, LIGHTING DESIGN HOWELL BINKLEY, SOUND DESIGN STEVE CANYON KENNEDY, PRODUCTION DESIGN PETER NIGRINI, PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE, 2023, Credit Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revenge

Poland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's eco-thriller is brought to brilliant life in Simon McBurney's production

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April 14, 2023 10:21

Theatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revenge

Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful people

Current preoccupation with use of terms such as abuse and trauma to describe behaviours that are merely insensitive is ruthlessly exposed in adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s novel

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April 5, 2023 12:34

Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful people

Guys & Dolls theatre review: Thrills and a spill as Hytner takes risks and hits the jackpot

The ambition of the evening astounds with the director’s first big musical in years

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March 17, 2023 10:26

Guys & Dolls theatre review: Thrills and a spill as Hytner takes risks and hits the jackpot

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

Romeo and Juliet review: Radical adaptation with the pace of a thriller

Dear England Review: They shoot, they score …it’s a winner for England

Groundhog Day review: A repeat production of fizzing delight

James Bond theme tune lyricist Don Black: 'I’m lousy at most things, but I can write songs'

More from John Nathan

Rose is a play that expresses the opinions of real Jews, even if you don't like it

The Shape of Things to Come review: A play on deception

Aspects of Love review: A slick and sumptuous meditation on passion

Once on this Island reivew: Scored fairy tale told in the Caribbean tradition

Politics: A Survivor’s Guide review: Is Britain sleepwalking into populism?

Hapless TV Review - Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to Finchley

August in England review: Fiery lament of a Windrush deportee

Theatre review: Retrograde - A dilemma for Sidney Poitier

Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud - Temptations reign supreme

Theatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revenge

Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful people

Guys & Dolls theatre review: Thrills and a spill as Hytner takes risks and hits the jackpot