A lecture rather than a drama
Robert Tanitch reviews The Valley of Astonishment at Young Vic, London SE1 “In order to make good contemporary theatre,” Peter Brook has said, “one must always look for a subject, which concerns every ...
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Wishes of endless love in The Fault in the Stars
Joyce Glasser reviews The Fault in our Stars (June 19, 2014), Cert 12A, 125 mins Ever since Romeo & Juliet, when we associate young people with death it is usually in connection with that ultimate ...
A twist too little too late in The Art of the Steal
Canadian Writer/Director Jonathan Sobol’s sophomore feature, The Art of the Steal, is a heist movie, close enough in spirit to Ocean’s 11 to invite unfavourable comparisons with both the 1960 and 2001 ...
Shoot the wounded! Save yourself!
Robert Tanitch reviews Adler & Gibb at Royal Court Theatre, London SW1 Many people are going to be very irritated by Tim Crouch’s latest play, a spoof biography of two fictional conceptual artists ...