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Helen McCrory as Libby (left), Julie Walters as Judy (centre), Rory Kinnear as Nick (right) - Photo: Catherine Ashmore

REVIEW: The Last of the Haussmans, Lyttelton Theatre (2012)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:June 24, 2012
Post category:Play / Review / West End
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Stellar Cast for Stephen Beresford's First Play "My children hate it when I'm sexual." Judy Helen McCrory as Libby (left), Julie Walters as Judy (centre), Rory Kinnear as Nick (right)…

Danny Webb as Stephen (centre) and Company - Photo: Marc Brenner

REVIEW: 13, Olivier Theatre (2011)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:November 2, 2011
Post category:Mike Bartlett / Play / Review / West End
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13 is about politics and the part we play or don't play in decision making. Faced with a society, set in the present where the banks call the shots and where people die in pointless wars, Bartlett questions whether it has to be like this.

Brian Ferguson as Young Robert - Photo: Manuel Harlan

REVIEW: Earthquakes in London, Cottesloe Theatre (2010)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:August 13, 2010
Post category:Mike Bartlett / Play / Review / Uncategorized / West End
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The epic themes of the play, which mainly takes place in the present, but begins in 1968 and fasts forward to 2525, are explored through the prism of a dysfunctional family, whose break-up mirrors the impending ecological disaster.