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Daily Telegraph

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at Hampstead Theatre review
This commendable revival of Frank McGuinness's play is held together by sensitivity and compassion.

Carrie's War at the Apollo Theatre review
Carrie's War is an affecting evocation of childhood's end.

The Guardian

Great stage roles for grandes dames
Bad mothers, crazed lovers, histrionic queens ... Eight classic characters, as played by Helen Mirren, Kathleen Turner, Jessica Lange and others

The best stage roles for older women Karen Fricker
As actors and critics bemoan the parts currently being written for theatre's grandes dames, let's celebrate classic characters from Bernarda Alba to Lady Bracknell

The Stage UK

Four sites join theatre 'at risk' list
Blackpool's Winter Gardens complex and the Brighton Hippodrome are among four new entries listed on a register of the top ten most endangered theatre buildings in the country.

Historic Manchester venue in line for return to live performance
Manchester's oldest surviving performance venue is to get a theatrical revival after 88 years of use as a cinema, bingo hall and nightclub, if proposals by the city's Library Theatre company are given the green light.

Medea/Medea, Gate, London
Following Chris Goode's radical reworking of Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Gate last year, Irish performance artist Dylan Tighe is the latest director to deconstruct a classic text under the aegis of Headlong Theatre and the Gate's New Directions scheme championing experimental approaches to classic plays

The Hypochondriac, Playhouse, Liverpool
Fresh on the coat-tails of Roger McGough's exquisite adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe in 2008, without doubt a highlight of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, the controversial French dramatist's work is being treated once more by Liverpool's foremost poet - and therein lies the problem. With Tartuffe being shown so recently and with it being so incredibly funny, it somewhat hinders this production, as it is virtually impossible not to draw comparisons between the two.

Londonist

Arts Ahead: What's On In London 24-30 June
...Be There First: London Shows Opening...

Whatsonstage.com

7/7 Play Pornography Receives London Premiere
Last August, Simon Stephens’ play about the London Tube bombings Pornography received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe; this August, it comes “home” to the capital with a limited season from 4 to 29 August at the Tricycle...

Review: The Hypochondriac (Liverpool & tour)
This co-production of The Hypochondriac by Liverpool Playhouse and English Touring Theatre brings together a delightful concoction of outstanding performances, direction and adept adaptation. Scouse poet Roger McGough has adapted his second Moli&eg...

TV: WOS TV: Top Theatre Video Picks - 24 Jun 2009
The Whatsonstage.com Television channel is a rapidly expanding archive of theatre-related video content. We’re regularly adding show trailers, first night reports, event promos, interviews, video diaries, behind-the-scenes footage and other...

London Theatre Guide

First Night Feature: Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme
As troops fight on in Afghanistan, Hampstead theatre’s revival of Frank McGuinness’s 1986 play illuminates the futility of war with a portrayal of eight men being led to almost certain death in 1916.

Big Interview: Kacey Ainsworth
As she returns to the stage in Carrie’s War at the Apollo theatre, Kacey Ainsworth talks to Caroline Bishop about balancing her career with motherhood.