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Writer: Peter Nichols Director: Michael Geileta Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: Set in the Berlitz School of English in Florence in 1955 this is, as would be expected from Peter Nichols, a serious play albeit with lighter moments. He brings together a disparate collection of seven characters. Six have come to teach English to the pampered [...]

Writer: James Graham Director: Kate Wasserberg. Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Played by a rotating cast and made up of the main character’s recollections, which are performed in an order determined on the night, The Man promised to be an exciting and engaging piece of interactive theatre. Written and (on this night) performed by Finborough Playwright-in-Residence [...]

Writer: Jack Klaff Director: Sophie Lifschutz Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: First performed in 1981, this is the first incarnation of Nagging Doubt to be staged since the democratic elections in 1994 that effectively ended South African apartheid, and also marks the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre. A one man show, written and performed by [...]

Writer: Craig Higginson Director : Katie McAleese Reviewer : Steve Turner The Public Reviews Rating: Set in a remote farm house in KwaZulu-Natal shortly after the millennium Dream Of The Dog transports us to a land of immense upheaval. The old order has been replaced, those once oppressed are now in power and the once powerful white farmers [...]

Writer: Harold Brighouse Director: Tim Newns Reviewer: Johnny Fox The Public Reviews Rating: It’s general election year, the economy is reeling from the cost and shame of an unpopular war, development of radical new technology has made experienced workers too expensive to employ, and depressed wage rates for the rest. Strikes and confrontations between management and unions have [...]

Writer: Bekah Brunstetter Director: Ellie Browning Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: You May Go Now – A Marriage Play, written by US playwright Bekah Brunstetter takes up the Sunday/Monday slot at the Finborough theatre for the next three weeks, and is the first time that this play has been performed in Europe. Things open with Dottie [...]

Writer: Anders Lustgarten Director: Ryan McBryde Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Timely, controversial and thought-provoking, Anders Lustgarten’s new play is a must-see. Set in the same Barking constituency that Nick Griffin is to stand for in the next General Election, ‘A Day At The Racists’ explores and addresses the rise of the BNP and the reasons [...]

Writer: Leo Butler Composer: Philip Stewart Director: Donnacadh O’Briain Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Intense, intimate and unsettling, The Early Bird traps both the audience and characters in a nightmarish cycle of guilt and blame experienced by a couple whose child has gone missing. Using a striking set, comprising a Perspex cube with little inside other [...]