THEATRE
December/January 2016/17
Harriet Walter as Prospero and Glenda Jackson as Lear redress Shakespeare’s gender imbalance
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November 2016
From the Easter Rising in Dublin to Lenin and Joyce in Zurich, revolution is a gift to the dramatist
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October 2016
The director Polly Findlay shows once again her ability to invest a classic play with a modern sensibility
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September 2016
Harry Potter takes to the stage in an enjoyable romp with enough twists for both parents and children
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Written each month by Standpoint's resident theatre critic, Minette Marrin
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