To wash the bad taste of the play we saw last night out of my mouth, I insisted tonight to Kat that we must go see the lord of the rings musical. For people whose main interest in theatre has been as a powerfully intimate storytelling medium, this is a radical departure. I’m happy to [...]

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We went to see the last days of judas iscariot last night. It’s a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Rupert Goold. They’re two of the hottest shits in international theatre right now. Goold’s previous production of macbeth, with Patrick Stewart, was the best-reviewed London show of last year, and Guirgis winning Olivier [...]

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