Review: THE OLD LADIES, Finborough Theatre
Revival of 1935 play could have much relevance to today, but cannot find a route out of slow and dated writing
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Revival of 1935 play could have much relevance to today, but cannot find a route out of slow and dated writing
The Finborough Theatre will present a new London production of THE OLD LADIES, the drama by Rodney Ackland based on the novel by Hugh Walpole.
A hit in the West End and on Broadway when it premiered in 1935, The Old Ladies, a classic drama from acclaimed playwright Rodney Ackland in its first London production for over 30 years opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre.
A hit in the West End and on Broadway when it premiered in 1935, The Old Ladies, a classic drama from acclaimed playwright Rodney Ackland in its first London production for over 30 years opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre.
Finborough Theatre has announced its March–July 2026 season in London.
Troupe today announces the world première of a new adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man by Simon Reade.
Read our critic's review - A post-modern tint cannot save this 1938 play from feeling stuck in the past.
Troupe today announces the transfer of the Off West End Award-nominated The Sweet Science of Bruising to Wilton's Music Hall, following its sold-out run at Southwark Playhouse last year.
Troupe today announces the World Premiere of Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising.
Troupe today announces the full cast for the World Premiere of Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising.
Troupe today announces the World Premiere of Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising.
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) presents its 2018 Summer Season featuring a diverse range of nine productions, playing across its three stages from 30 May.
In 1517, Islington landowner Richard Cloudesley bequeathed a plot of land known as "The Stony Fields" or "The Fourteen Acre" in perpetuity for a variety of social and religious purposes.
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Bomb-blasted London.
The National Theatre has announced its May-September 2018 season.
Two decades after it was previously performed at the National Theatre, Rodney Ackland's Absolute Hell returns to the very stage it played back then: the Lyttelton.
Bomb-blasted London.
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings.
Troupe today announces full casting for the UK premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's tense workplace drama Rasheeda Speaking.