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Let's play master and servant
- Rosie Millard
- 02 October 2006
Eve Ensler turns to dialogue to tackle torture and Iraq in a patchy two-hander
The Treatment
Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, New York City
The National strikes gold
- Rosie Millard
- 25 September 2006
Nicholas Hytner brings Ben Jonson's London bang up to date in a fine staging
The Alchemist
Olivier Theatre, London SE1
Chattering classes in need of a plot
- Rosie Millard
- 18 September 2006
There's sex, alcohol, arguments and cancer, yet what this show lacks is drama
Rabbit Trafalgar Studios, London SW1
Saved by the golden codpiece
- Rosie Millard
- 11 September 2006
A dull production is enlivened only by a line-up of strapping male physiques
Troilus and Cressida
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Cold sweat beneath the smiles
- Rosie Millard
- 04 September 2006
Tricky Dicky and Frosty face off in the 1970s' most riveting battle of wits
Frost/Nixon
Donmar Warehouse, London WC1
On a wing and a prayer
- Michael Coveney
- 28 August 2006
Edinburgh's oddest, most electrifying work is produced far from the Fringe
Edinburgh International Festival Various venues
Despatches from the front line
- Michael Coveney
- 21 August 2006
Reportage and Middle Eastern crisis lend a raw tone to this year's Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Various venues
Escape from respectability
- Rosie Millard
- 14 August 2006
A struggle against Dublin society in 1912 creates two moral outcasts
Exiles Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1
Won't you charleston with me?
- Rosie Millard
- 07 August 2006
Naughty girls and frisky fellows make for perfect summer entertainment
The Boy Friend
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler?
- Rosie Millard
- 31 July 2006
A brave attempt to recreate Blitz spirit sounds one too many wrong notes
Blonde Bombshells of 1943
Hampstead Theatre, London NW3
