Writers

Culture
High politics and low cunning on the London stage
Andrew Billen reviews a trio of new productions: Damned by Despair, This House and The River.
By Andrew Billen
08 November
Culture
Conceptual theatre is hard to watch and even harder to make
Two plays of ideas reviewed.
By Andrew Billen
27 September
Culture
The Last of the Haussmans - review
Andrew Billen is impressed by Julie Walters as a hedonistic old junkie
By Andrew Billen
27 June
Culture
Review: Love, Love, Love
Andrew Billen is engaged by a monstrous couple born at the right time.
By Andrew Billen
09 May
Culture
Review: The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic)
By Andrew Billen
04 April
In Basildon (The Royal Court)
This ode to Essex owes too much to Mike Leigh’s play.
By Andrew Billen
05 March
Culture
Travelling Light (Lyttelton Theatre)
Andrew Billen fails to be charmed by a film fantasy with no roots in reality.
By Andrew Billen
30 January
A year in culture: Theatre
Critics' Choice: The Best of 2011
By Andrew Billen
12 December
Culture
Hamlet (Young Vic, London)
By Andrew Billen
16 November
Marat/Sade (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford)
Andrew Billen is unmoved by a play that labours too hard to shock.
By Andrew Billen
07 November

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