by Colin Thomas | Nov 7, 2017 | Review
“Phew. Hello. Bonjour. That’s pretty much all the French I’m capable of speaking – West Coaster, sorry. First: there is no way for me, up here, to say what I’m about to say in a way that doesn’t sound pro forma or like a cliché, but: it easily could have been...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 4, 2017 | Review
Mitch and Murray Productions consistently produces some of the smartest shows in town. This one is called Smart People. Lydia R. Diamond has set her 2016 play in and around Harvard in 2007 and 2008 during the run-up to Barack Obama’s first election. It’s about race...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 3, 2017 | Review
There are a couple of different ways of approaching Girls Like That, which is about slut shaming: you could look at it as a piece of theatre or you could assess it as a focal point for discussion. Despite committed performances from the teenaged cast, this production...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 27, 2017 | Review
The Lonesome West is about forgiveness—kind of, if you squint. But I do not forgive The Lonesome West. Martin McDonagh’s 1997 script is part of a trilogy that also includes The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Skull in Connemera. All three are set in Leenane, a...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 26, 2017 | Review
Who gives a toss? In Mike Bartlett’s 2014 script, Queen Elizabeth II has just died and Charles has become King, although his coronation is a few months off. In one of his first acts as monarch, he refuses to give his assent to a bill that would restrict the freedom of...
