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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
What's on > Theatre The Hunt Adapted from the acclaimed 2012 film, The Hunt is a disturbing and powerful drama that you won't forget in a hurry! Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	12th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre On Your Feet Christie Prades gives a performance of great personal magnetism, tenderness and sensitivity in this absorbing and occasionally moving musical about the life of Gloria Estefan. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	8th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Present Laughter Andrew Scott steals the show with a fascinatingly detailed interpretation of a character who is flirtatious, stroppy and sardonic, yet also drowning in melancholy in Noel Coward's comedy. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	2nd Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Bitter Wheat David Mamet's trademark whip-crack smart dialogue is much in evidence throughout this acid portrait of Hollywood power and manipulation starring John Malkovich. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	25th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Starry Messenger Laurence Green finds the eagerly awaited The Starry Messenger a play that fails to drum up much interest in or empathy with the characters and the situations they face. Read more	0	7th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Rutherford and Son An impressive, intimate family drama that has aged well and provides plenty of topical resonance in its sense of festering tensions between the generations, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	7th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on Salt Salt is a heartfelt production which takes the form of a brave, honest and unforgiving poetic meditation. But it suffers from repetition with the points made somewhat over-emphasised. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	31st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on La Voix Gabriel Wilding enjoys a knockout evening under the Spiegeltent, on London's Southbank, in the company of the inimitable La Voix. Read more	0	30th May 2019 50connect editorial
What's on > Theatre Our Town Thornton Wilder's revived Pulitzer-winning play is a grand meditation on human life, celebrating what it is to be alive and the bonds that unite us all. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	29th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Death of a Salesman Wendell Pierce excels in this compassionate, psychologically acute interpretation of Arthur Miller's classic that allows us to see a familiar play with fresh eyes. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	21st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on Amour Amour is a lightweight musical fantasy about daring to dream and the power of self-belief, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	21st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Rosmersholm This timely revival of Ibsen's Rosmersholm "is a piercingly relevant work of personal and political passion, ambitious, complex and dramatically compelling. It might now in our troubled, searching times have found its right moment." Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	13th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Small Island A passionate engagement with the past that is sure to resonate with audiences at a time when recognition and compensation for the Windrush generation is under such fierce scrutiny. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	8th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre All My Sons Sally Field and Bill Pullman bring a real sense of authenticity to this production that is a testament to the enduring power of Arthur Miller's appeal to our collective conscience. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	30th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss With dad jokes flying left right and centre and some nice physical comedy, this is a show for those who have never truly grown up and long may they remain! Gabriel Wilding reviews. Read more	0	26th Apr 2019 50connect editorial
What's on > Theatre Sweet Charity A heart-pounding, foot-tapping ode to Broadway musicals which sees Anne-Marie Duff steal the show as the titular heroine. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	23rd Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Top Girls Top Girls presents an argument for compassion, as well as a sharp look at social inequality in a country divided by its own ambitions, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	12th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Fiddler on the Roof The resurgence in ant-Semitism ensures a timeless resonance to Trevor Nunn's revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Playhouse Theatre, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	5th Apr 2019 Laurence Green