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Set. (Photo: Mark Douet)

REVIEW: The Lehman Trilogy, Gillian Lynne (2024)

Post author:Sonny Waheed
Post published:11 October 2024
Post category:Play Review West End

A Sexy, Sassy, Sultry, Joyous Production “If you want to find the money you have to find the simple things before they become the simple things”Philip Leyman Set. (Photo: Mark…

What If If Only by Churchill, , Writer - Caryl Churchill, Director - James Macdonald, Designer - , Lighting Designer - , The Royal Court Theatre, 2021, Credit: Johan Persson

REVIEW: What If If Only, Royal Court Jerwood Downstairs (2021)

Post author:Paul Taylor
Post published:4 October 2021
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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Even without Andy getting up to his paradoxical tricks, quarter-hours have not latterly had a good press, vis "un mauvais quart d'heure". Lasting 17 minutes straight through, What If If Only - the latest piece by Caryl Churchill, is the polar opposite of "un mauvais quart d'heure". It packs a wealth of suggestion in its brief allotted span. And the wonder of it is that it does so with an elating lightness of touch.