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Written by Gerald Sibleyras translated by Tom Stoppard Director: Steve Wooldridge Reviewer: Dean Wales The Public Reviews Rating: If, when you learn that Heroes is a tale of three elderly war veterans an ‘Uncle Albert’ moment springs to mind, I implore you to rethink how you perceive this play. Yes, Gustave, Henri and Philippe are French WW1 veterans [...]

Writer: Tom Stoppard Director: Philip Wilson Reviewer: Jude Evans The Public Reviews Rating: It appears a wise move by the REP to stage Stoppard’s Travesties in repertory with The Importance of Being Earnest. With Stoppard’s play manipulating Earnest what we see is a striking contrast between the two playwrights. The tight and fiercely structured nature of Wilde shifts [...]

Writer: Tom Stoppard Director: Trevor Nunn Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead marked Tom Stoppard’s first major success back in 1967 when the play opened at The Old Vic. The following year Trevor Nunn was appointed the Artistic Director of The Royal Shakespeare Company. This latest revival of Stoppard’s masterpiece brings together [...]

Great theatre can make us experience the whole gamut of emotions, but this week we turn our attention to plays that primarily make us laugh. Onstage comedies can take on a range of forms, from slapstick farce to light romantic comedy to biting satire. Our hot picks for this week incorporate elements from all of [...]

Writer: Anton Chekhov Translation: Tom Stoppard Direction: Rachel Kavanaugh Reviewer: Tabitha McGrath The Public Reviews Rating: Chekov’s seminal work, The Cherry Orchard, was brought to the main stage at the Birmingham Rep with great success tonight. Some subtle and sympathetic performances combined with direction which can only be describes as near-perfect all culminated into one noteworthy production. In [...]

Writer: Tom Stoppard Director: Chris Honer Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: After 58 years in their intimate home underneath Manchester’s Central Library, The Library Theatre Company have gone on the move and opened their new season at the Lowry Theatre’s courtyard-style Quays Theatre, with one of Tom Stoppard’s most revered plays: Arcadia. Stoppard’s play is set [...]

Writers: Richard Sheridan & Tom Stoppard Directors: Jonathan Church & Sean Foley Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: This double bill gives real value for money as each has a play within a play so the audience gets four shows for the price of one. In “The Real Inspector Hound” Tom Stoppard parodies both the role of [...]

Written by: Gerald Sibleyras Translated: Tom Stoppard Director: Paul Hart Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: Written by French playwright Gerald Sibleyras in 2003 with the title ‘Le Vent des Peupliers’, this play was translated in 2005 by Tom Stoppard, with a much simpler English title of ‘Heroes’, and won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best New [...]