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Katherine Parkinson as Viv - Photo: Manuel Harlan

REVIEW: Shoe Lady, Royal Court

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:March 11, 2020
Post category:Play / Review / West End
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Katherine Parkinson in a play about a woman losing control of her life... "Dammit I want a wife." Viv Katherine Parkinson as Viv - Photo: Manuel Harlan EV Crowe is…

Victoria Hamilton as Sandra and Ben Miles as Kenneth - Photo: Johan Persson

REVIEW: Love, Love, Love at the Royal Court (2012)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:May 4, 2012
Post category:Mike Bartlett / Off West End / Play / Review
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Mike Barlett"s Love, Love, Love is set over five decades following a baby boomer couple from 19 to 62 through marriage, children and divorce. Ben Miles and Victoria Hamilton under James Grieve"s direction are charged with believably aging more than 40 years.

Anthony Welsh as Troy and Daniel Kaluuya as Leon - Photo: Chris Nash

REVIEW: Sucker Punch, Royal Court (2010)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:June 19, 2010
Post category:Black History / Off West End / Play / Review
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Roy Williams' plays can be enjoyed at many levels and so it is with his latest and original offering at the Royal Court, Sucker Punch which follows a group of young boxers in a club in a run down area of London in the 1980s. Besides the sports story which culminates in a boxing match being excitingly staged in a real ring, there are observations about race and friendship and about racism and sport.