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Andrew Billen follows the good and the bad in British theatre
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The last Edwardian
- Andrew Billen
- 03 April 2008
An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy
Never So Good
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Bathetic in Bangkok
- Andrew Billen
- 19 March 2008
Dirty talk but no sex in a strangely effective play without a plot
Tough time, nice time The Pit, London EC2
Terrifying beauty
- Guy Dammann
- 13 March 2008
McVicar's heroine inspires loathing and lust in a brutally explicit production
Salome Royal Opera House, London WC2
A diabolical mess
- Andrew Billen
- 06 March 2008
Poor direction of a new play by the RSC in London leaves the audience cold
I'll Be the Devil RSC at the Tricycle Theatre, London NW6
The egos have landed
- Andrew Billen
- 21 February 2008
Mamet's Hollywood satire is undermined by its testosterone-filled starring actors
Cloudy, cloudy knight
- Andrew Billen
- 07 February 2008
David Hare's latest play offers a wealth of ideas, but a garbled message
It's a man's world
- Andrew Billen
- 24 January 2008
Neil LaBute's double bill is a savagely funny critique of male arrogance
Only as old as you feel
- Andrew Billen
- 10 January 2008
Inspired casting makes for a joyfully cynical take on the Bard's comedy
Joy to the world
- Rosie Millard
- 13 December 2007
This is a great Christmas for family theatre - and not just for the children
The never-ending story
- Rosie Millard
- 29 November 2007
This minimalist play about a journalist comes across as dull, not innovative
Some Kind of Bliss Trafalgar Studios, London SW1
