PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
The 47th: An engaging play about power and democracy
PAUL DONOVAN says a play about Donald Trump's possible return to power raises serious questions
Tamara Tunie and Bertie Carvel in The 47th at The Old Vic
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
The 47th
Old Vic Theatre
A BRILLIANT performance from Bertie Carver as Donald Trump illuminates this engaging play about power and democracy, as the former president returns for the presidential race of 2024.
The amazing performance of Carvel is worth the admission money alone.
Entering on a golf buggy before missing his putt, the Trump character tramples through the political jungle like a bull elephant.
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