Oliver Johnstone Archives

James McArdle as Henry and Bel Powley as Annie. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Real Thing, Old Vic (2024)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:3 September 2024
Post category:Play Review West End

Is Grass Really Greener? Henry - Strauss?Annie - No, it can't be Strauss. It's in ItalianHenry - Ah, then -- VerdiAnnie - Which one?Henry - Giuseppe (he says looking really…

The Antigone Cast (Photo: Helen Murray)

REVIEW: Antigone, Open Air Regent’s Park (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:14 September 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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Greek political myth parallels British Islam "You've become pugilistic and arrogant..... trying to have our son arrested "Eurydice to her husband Creon The Antigone Cast (Photo: Helen Murray) Inua Ellams’s…

Oliver Johnstone (Neil), Enyi Okoronkwo (Zef) and Sarah Woodward (Hannah) - Photo: Ellie Kurttz

REVIEW: The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre (2020)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:12 February 2020
Post category:Off West End Play Review
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It starts so very well . . . . and gets better. Sarah Woodward as Hannah in charge of counter terrorism looking for two technies to form a task force to investigate leaks to The Sun and the Guardian newspapers from the Ministry of Defence, about British armed forces and secret arms deals with Saudi Arabia.