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REVIEW: All My Sons, Apollo Theatre (2010)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:2 June 2010
Post category:Play Review West End
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Zoë Wannamaker, steely and determinedly in denial, contrasting with her unruly hair which escapes from the pinned back style, opens the play with the symbolic device Howard Davies used ten years ago. During the thunderstorm, Kate wakes and comes into the garden and sees the trunk of the apple tree, which was planted for Larry, crack in two. If anyone believed in omens this would be it. As Kate recalls her dream we hear the roaring noise of aircraft engines behind the wind and storm. Her low groans when she reads the letter strike to the depths of a bottomless emotional chasm, a mother's love for her son.

James EarlJones as Big Daddy and Adrian Lester as Brick - Photo: Nobby Clark

REVIEW: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Novello (2009)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:3 December 2009
Post category:Black History Play Review West End

The all Afro-American production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof comes to London with most of the roles re-cast with Black British actors, except for James Earl Jones as Big Daddy and Phylicia Rashad as Big Mama who continue their roles from New York. Sanaa Lathan is the exception, an American, but who didn't take on the role of Maggie in New York. All of the British actors are experienced stage performers and I have the feeling that this can only strengthen the London version of the play.

The Cast in Black Watch - Photo: Manuel Harlan

REVIEW: Black Watch, Barbican (2008)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:6 July 2008
Post category:Play Review West End

The finale sees the company of men lining up for marching using their arms to judge the distance apart, forming battle lines, falling, rising and coming back for more, again and again and again. This is an ensemble piece of highly proficient actors, beautifully choreographed and delivering acting perfection. The National Theatre of Scotland deserves a medal for this play.