438 stories by "Debbie Gilpin"
Natasha Gordon's debut play opens the new season at the Dorfman Theatre. 2018 marks 70 years since the Empire Windrush brought many hopeful Jamaicans across to Britain, some were specificall…
I was glad to see the RSC's recent Twelfth Night (starring Adrian Edmondson and Kara Tointon) has become part of its CD collection, saving several musical performances and songs for eternity
Moormaid is a puzzling and pretentious play that will probably alienate as many people as it attracts " though visually striking, it struggles to tell an engaging story.
Reared features a tangled web of secrets that can't all fit under one roof, leading to a hurried conclusion, but Paddy Glynn stands out.
Shakespearean silliness continues to entertain, as drunkenness diverts Shylock's scheming in Shit-faced Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
I do hope Photograph 51 might be revived over here one day, though maybe in a more intimate space than the Noel Coward Theatre, to really play up the atmosphere and tension.
I thought it would be great to celebrate some of my favourite things about Emma Rice's time as the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe.
My verdict? A refreshing and funny look at life for a proportion of British Muslims " an entertaining 90 minutes with some standout performances.
I finally managed to secure a ticket for La traviata through Opera Undressed, a scheme run by the English National Opera for productions at the London Coliseum. It's a great package: the …
What is so good about this play is how it lulls you into a false sense of security. The informality of how the characters address the audience, speaking in verse (sometimes rhyming, sometime…
"You worry (especially with fringe theatre): are you going to put bums on seats? Is it going to be able to portray the message you want? Will the audience get much out of it?"
Devil With the Blue Dress is a sharp and incisive play that takes another look at an infamous part of US political history, with compelling performances from the cast of five " gripping from…
Bursting into The Vaults following a run at the Watermill Theatre and a short UK tour, Tristan Bernays' musical Teddy transports the audience back to Elephant & Castle in 1958 for a rip…
Cheek by Jowl began life in 1981, first producing plays in English before branching out to other languages their current production of Shakespeare's Pericles is performed in French, which ha…
So, that just happened! Despite some small disappointments in the nominations (nothing too much, just some things felt unnecessarily overlooked), I was rather looking forward to this year's …
It's frustrating when people don't subscribe to your point of view, but you've just got to deal with it. Love the things you love and support them to the hilt, just draw the line at attackin…
Next up at the RSC's Swan Theatre is an oft-forgotten Restoration comedy by Mary Pix originally titled The Beau Defeated, Jo Davies' production shifts the focus onto the widowed protagonist …
When everywhere else was cashing in on it being the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, London's big theatres passed up the opportunity to bring Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick's Bard-b…
Will is a very busy production, crammed with anachronisms and too many competing ideas " something of a work-in-progress.
Overall, A Spoonful of Sherman is a sweet little show that is guaranteed to make you feel nostalgic, slickly performed by a talented cast " you will leave the auditorium still humming the tu…
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An extremely relatable piece of theatre that speaks for everyone on the brink of change " brilliantly conceived and performed by Jesse Fox.
Lord of the Flies is a strong and stirring production. Making a classic story feel as if it was written yesterday " the performances are excellent.
Great Apes at the Arcola Theatre is a fascinating play that is both wildly entertaining and extremely thought-provoking.
After the Ball isn't quite sure what it wants to say, yet a standout performance from Emily Tucker will keep you interested.
