Susannah Clapp
Theater Critic at The Observer
Theatre Critic of the Observer. Author of 'A Card from Angela Carter' and 'With Chatwin'.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Susannah Clapp
Playing a former sex worker and her disapproving daughter, Staunton and Bessie Carter are a treat in Dominic Cooke’s bold new production, which liberates the heart of Bernard Shaw’s once banned play Mrs Warren’s ProfessionGarrick, London WC2; until 16 AugustWhat a double slicing through generations. A play written more than 130 years ago is brushed off and given new vivacity by one of today’s most incisive directors.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Susannah Clapp
Unfinished at the time of his death in 2021, Stephen Sondheim’s ambitious fusion of two Buñuel films is unmissable but loses itself as the music dies Here We AreLyttelton, London SE1; until 28 JuneIn 1970 Stephen Sondheim looked ready to scalp the musical. Returning from seeing Company, Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist for the gorgeously successful My Fair Lady, wept, declaring that his way of writing was over. Which now looks both more and less than the truth.
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4 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Susannah Clapp
Amid the lopped-off limbs and family pies, Simon Russell Beale also melts hearts in Max Webster’s searing production of Shakespeare’s goriest tragedy Titus AndronicusSwan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; until 7 JuneThe prize for the most challenging Shakespearean stage direction is up for grabs. “Exit, pursued by a bear” has long been presumed the winner: the Royal Shakespeare Company has an enormous stuffed bruin looming near its Stratford bookstall.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Susannah Clapp
Ibsen’s play could certainly do with a going over. But not this one, writes The Observer's theatre critic Susannah Clapp My Master BuilderWyndham’s, London WC2; until 12 JulyThe Brightening AirOld Vic, London SE1; until 14 JuneMartin Amis, who was not a fan of the theatre, warned me off this job 28 years ago. After all, he explained, there are only three playwrights: Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov. I disagree, but sometimes it seems that dramatists are on his side.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Susannah Clapp
The Slow Horses star performs in, directs and designs an intimate production of Samuel Beckett’s one-man drama of loss, finely capturing its sense of rage and reverie Krapp’s Last TapeYork Theatre Royal; until 17 MayWhy would I rather see Krapp’s Last Tape than Waiting for Godot? Both plays are drenched in disappointment: Godot (1952) from defeated expectation, Krapp (1958) from the losses of the past.
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