http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/michael_portillo en http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050041 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050041 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo A lavish Danish Ring is often silly, occasionally sublime, writes Michael Portillo The Ring Cycle Copenhagen Opera House

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605290033 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605290033 Mon, 29 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - A witty, gory Jacobean thriller offers titillating entertainment The Changeling Barbican Centre, London EC1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220029 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220029 Mon, 22 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - A paranoid dictator's imagined nightmares fail to convince, writes Michael Portillo Breakfast With Mugabe Duchess Theatre, London WC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605080038 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605080038 Mon, 08 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - Respectability poses problems in a smart Edwardian satire, writes Michael Portillo The Voysey Inheritance Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605010035 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605010035 Mon, 01 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - Dame Judi hams it up in a Coward country-house classic, writes Michael Portillo Hay Fever Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240031 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240031 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - A clunky tale of conquistadors and Incas fails to strike gold, writes Michael Portillo The Royal Hunt of the Sun Olivier Theatre, London SE1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604170034 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604170034 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - A superb portrait of enforced intimacy makes us suffer as much as laugh, writes Michael Portillo Smaller Lyric Theatre, London W1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604100037 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604100037 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - Two shots of pure misery give Beckett addicts an uplifting fix, writes Michael Portillo Come and Go Footfalls The Pit, London EC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200604030036 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604030036 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - Jailbirds sing and dance their way through prison high jinks, writes Michael Portillo ChicagoHMP Bronzefield, Ashford, Middlesex

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200603270037 http://www.newstatesman.com/200603270037 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Michael Portillo Theatre - comedy of sexual frustration proves as bitter as any tragedy, writes Michael Portillo Period of Adjustment Almeida Theatre, London N1

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