Theatre review: The Snail House, Hampstead Theatre, 2022
Esteemed director Sir Richard Eyre produces one-note characters and under-explores big ideas in his debut play at Hampstead Theatre
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Esteemed director Sir Richard Eyre produces one-note characters and under-explores big ideas in his debut play at Hampstead Theatre
Family celebrations go pear-shaped in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s mischievous new play; Richard Eyre’s writing debut falls mysteriously flat; and Gabriel Byrne brilliantly channels his early Dublin years
Perplexing new drama that lacks bite - review by Rachel Halliburton
PATRICK MARMION: At a time of succession in the Royal Family, this fine revival of Anthony McCarten's play about Popes Benedict and Francis is poignantly apposite.
The venerable director’s drama about a doctor’s splintering family broaches huge issues but never makes a unified whole