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Theatre: Pitch-perfect Pinter
Pinter Seven: A Slight Ache and The Dumb Waiter
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Star performances: Martin Freeman (left) and Danny Dyer
[Marc Brenner]
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes a graphic portrayal of the corrosive impact of commodification, but can’t sympathise with the characters
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RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics
STEVE ANDREW appreciates a passionate account of the Scottish Club during the ‘lost decade’
By telling the story of a lawless frontier town from the point of view of the Lakota, Chinese labourers, prostitutes and displaced prospectors, makes for a potted history of capital, suggests ALEX HALL
THIS season of Pinter’s short plays and monologues comes to a glorious finale with Pinter Seven.
The programme consists of two old favourites, written in the ’50s.
But where you might expect a pair of period pieces lovingly restored for a modern audience, you are treated to an evening of theatre at the top of its game.
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Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY
MARY CONWAY is blown away by a flawless production of Lynn Nottage’s exquisite tragedy
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards