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What's on > Theatre The Visit A grotesquely funny, undeniably elegant (slightly overlong) visionary revenge play with star turns from Lesley Manville and Hugo Weaving. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	19th Feb 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Leopoldstadt Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt is a measured and eloquent examination of the reality of history, its closeness and our shared humanity while illuminating urgent lessons from the past in the present with the recurrence of ancient prejudices. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	17th Feb 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Parasite A deservedly Oscar-lavished poetic tragi-comedy about wealth, greed and class discrimination. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	17th Feb 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Talking About Trees A love of cinema and film-making meets religious and political resistance in Suhaib Gasmelbari's affectionate documentary about the work of four veteran Sudanese directors trying to bring back cinema screenings to Sudan. By Laurence Green. Read more	0	7th Feb 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Welkin Science versus superstition, and an inadequate legal system against mob hunger for justice are two themes in Lucy Kirkwood's gutsy new play, The Welkin. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	31st Jan 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Film 1917 Sam Mendes's 1917 - masterful cinematography and devastating storytelling combine in this a mesmerising and extraordinary hymn to the sacrifice of a generation. Read more	0	13th Jan 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Long Day's Journey Into Night An enigmatic true original, Long Day's Journey Into Night is a film that will dazzle and baffle in equal measure long after the final credits have rolled. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	1	7th Jan 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Three Sisters Inua Ellams new adaptation of Three Sisters is an imaginative but flawed take on a familiar work. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	3rd Jan 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Circus 1903 A show which creates a genuine feeling of nostalgia and is imbued with a similar sense of humour. If you are looking for true festive cheer, you could do no better than Circus 1903 writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	3rd Jan 2020 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Ocean at the End of the Lane Joel Horwood's The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a production which will excite, unsettle and enchant in equal measure both adults and children, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	19th Dec 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre A Kind of People Laurence Green reviews A Kind of People at the Royal Court and finds an uncompromisingly honest and thought-provoking account of life in modern multicultural Britain. Read more	0	16th Dec 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre My Brilliant Friend Two excellent lead performances from Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack define this two-part epic adapted from Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	10th Dec 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Theatre review of the year 2019 50connect theatre critic Laurence Green selects his top productions from 2019, including the superb Jesus Hopped the A Train and Sally Field's excellent performance in All My Sons. Read more	0	4th Dec 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Dear Evan Hansen A show that captures the dilemma of the alienated teen - but doesn't succeed in getting the viewer to surrender to its emotional involvement. Read more	0	25th Nov 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Marriage Story Laurence Green reviews Marriage Story and finds an absorbing, balanced and moving movie about breaking up, while trying to keep it together. Read more	0	15th Nov 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre On Bear Ridge Rhys Ifans and Rakie Ayola conjure a tone of impending doom in this intriguing post apocalyptic drama, but despite their committed performances the result is cold, woolly and unmoving. Read more	1	11th Nov 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Antipodes A journey to the centre of America's dark heart is provided by Annie Baker in her latest play The Antipodes (Dorfman Theatre at the National) which is also directed by Baker, together with Chloe Lamford. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	5th Nov 2019 Laurence Green
What's on BFI London Film Festival 2019 Laurence Green selects his choices for the best films at BFI London Film Festival 2019. Read more	1	21st Oct 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre A Very Expensive Poison A blackly comic exploration of relationships overshadowed by the political furore surrounding the poisoning and murder of Alexander Litvinenko. Reviewed by Laurence Green. Read more	0	30th Sep 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Film bfi London Film Festival 2019 Laurence Green lists the films to look at for at bfi London Film Festival 2019 in this preview of the 12-day screen extravaganza. Read more	0	26th Sep 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Hansard Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan elevate this satire on late-Eighties Toryism at the NT's Lyttelton Auditorium.Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	20th Sep 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Downton Abbey The TV favourite gets a welcome big screen outing and delivers cinematic structure, impeccable period detail and a well-paced story that offers us the chance to step through history - and into the gorgeous grounds of Downton Abbey. Read more	0	12th Sep 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Doctor 'A timeless work, performed with great bravado, which manages to be both powerful and thought-provoking.' Laurence Green reviews The Doctor. Read more	0	5th Sep 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Secret River The Secret River is a shattering, astonishingly beautiful piece of contemporary theatre, one that speaks directly to a modern world riven by mistrust of the other, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	30th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on Edinburgh International Festival 2019 Laurence Green rounds up his pick of the best shows and performances at Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe 2019. Read more	0	28th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Film Pain and Glory Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar's latest creation, Pain and Glory, is a film with slow-burn soulfulness that etches itself on the mind. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	14th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical! Laurence Green immerses himself in the psychedelic colours and sounds of this wisecracking, rib-tickling, side-splitting phantasmagoria. Read more	0	5th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream Nicholas Hytner returns to the Bridge Theatre once again with another Shakespearn classic, this time venturing out of Rome and into the dream-forest outside of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read more	0	25th Jul 2019 Theodore Hung
What's on > Film Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love The idea of an artist and his muse may sound romantic but Nick Broomfield's new documentary about Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen tells us nothing we don't already know writes Laurence Green Read more	0	25th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar The Rice/Lloyd Webber-penned classic still feels fresh and vibrant and provides an entertaining and thought-provoking experience for audiences of all ages, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	19th Jul 2019 Laurence Green