Tag Archives: The Lyttleton Theatre

Robert Tanitch reviews London Tide at National Theatre/Lyttleton Theatre, London

Charles Dickens’s novels were so popular in the 19th century they were pirated and staged before he had even finished writing them. Victorian readers and theatregoers loved the melodrama. In the 20th ...

andrew 207 views 0 likes May 13, 2024

Robert Tanitch reviews Dodie Smith’s Dear Octopus at National Theatre/Lyttleton Theatre.

Dodie Smith (1896-1990), best known today for her novels, I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians, was a prolific and highly successful playwright. She had six long-running plays in th ...

andrew 337 views 0 likes Feb 29, 2024

Robert Tanitch reviews Lucy Prebble’s The Effect at National Theatre/Lyttleton Theatre.

The National Theatre warns the play contains strong language and adult themes including references to depression, anxiety and suicide. Lucy Prebble’s award-winning clinical play about love and mental ...

andrew 432 views 0 likes Aug 18, 2023

This ghost film from Disney’s theme park attraction should be more aspirational, and a lot funnier.

Joyce Glasser reviews The Haunted Mansion (August 11, 2023) Cert 12A, 123 mins. Call it hard times, but 2023 has seen product placement in major cinema releases elevated to unabashed merchandising wit ...

andrew 346 views 0 likes Aug 17, 2023