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SIMON PARSONS investigates a play that is neither a family drama representative of a polarised US, nor symbolic drama of violent isolationism
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SIMON PARSONS investigates a play that is neither a family drama representative of a polarised US, nor symbolic drama of violent isolationism
The acting from Ellena Vincent, Peter De Jersey and Daniel Francis-Swaby is riveting but this play gets tied down in gothic horror and psychodrama
Political and punchy, the Book Grace is an incredibly powerful piece of theatre.
Lynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and Brian Cox makes a formidable JS Bach
The highly anticipated Theatre Royal Bath Production of The Score starring Brian Cox is a lavish affair looking at Johann Sebastian Bach's relationship with Frederick The Great, a new drama by actor-turned-playwright Oliver Cotton and directed by Olivier-Award-winning Trevor Nunn. Undoubtedly Theatre Royal Bath's major production of the year and one they are hoping will transfer to the West End, but are the grandiose period sets and star cast enough to redeem Cotton's befuddled composition? Set in 1747 during the Silesian Wars, we find the 63-year-old Bach, recognised as one of ...