Tag : Orange Tree theatre

The week in theatre: Starter for Ten; Uncle Vanya review – fingers on buzzers, and samovars

Bristol Old Vic; Orange Tree theatre, RichmondBamber goes to Bristol in a buoyant musical of David Nicholls’s University Challenge romcom, while Trevor Nunn’s impeccably traditional Chekhov works like a charmJames Graham, the playwright with the sure...

Uncle Vanya review – Trevor Nunn triumphs with Chekhov’s tragicomedy

Orange Tree theatre, LondonThis chamber staging, movingly played by an immaculate ensemble, fits perfectly with the drama’s hothouse of disappointmentAt 84, Sir Trevor Nunn is making his first attempt at Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov’s 1899 tragicomedy...

The week in theatre: Northanger Abbey; The Most Precious of Goods – review

Orange Tree, Richmond; Marylebone theatre, LondonZoe Cooper’s vivaciously queer take on Jane Austen will make readers and audiences think twice. And Nicolas Kent distils a Holocaust fable to its chilling bare bonesWhat a whirligig of talent there is...

Northanger Abbey review – Janeites, be warned! Austen gets a fanfic makeover

Orange Tree theatre, LondonWriter Zoe Cooper and director Tessa Walker reignite Jane Austen’s early novel with hilarious physical storytelling and a fizzing cast, though the romance sputters out too soonJane Austen’s slim oeuvre has an odd place in t...

Readers’ favourite stage shows of 2023

This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to watch Groundhog Day four timesFortune theatre, LondonA gloriously silly take on second world war subterfuge. Think MI6 the music...