REVIEW: AfterLife by Michael Frayn, Lyttelton, National Theatre (2008)

Michael Frayn's portrait of Max Reinhardt dismays "The guests are milling hopelessly around.  They haven't been directed."Max Reinhardt Michael Frayn’s literary works are nothing if not accomplished. His latest play…

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Lizzy Watts as Kelly and Peter Polycarpou as Ibrahim - Photo: Marc Brenner

REVIEW: Artefacts, Bush Theatre (2008)

Mike Bartlett is writing exciting plays about families. His debut play My Child which opened at the Royal Court showed his talent for accurately observing the terrible language of family breakup. Now he follows it up with a tale about a girl and the clash of cultures in her heritage. It starts with the girl's story and ends with that of another girl from a different world. The whole is a political allegory.

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