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4 days ago

Review: Hushabye Mountain

Lyn Gardner · 14 Jun 2021

The National plans to stage Larry Kramer’s campaigning AIDS drama, The Normal Heart, later this year. But first, in Manchester, canny Hope Mill Theatre is reviving Jonathan Harvey’s 1999 play, Hushabye Mountain, another play which tackles the impact of the disease and its painful legacies.

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7 days ago

Interview: Roxana Silbert, artistic director of Hampstead Theatre

Lyn Gardner · 11 Jun 2021

Lyn Gardner chats to Silbert about reopening Hampstead Theatre, becoming an "expert on ventilation", and new play Raya

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4 days ago

Lyn's Picks: June 14

Lyn Gardner · 14 Jun 2021

What's caught the attention of our resident critic this week?

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Ask Lyn: The NT's new musicals

Lyn Gardner · 14 Jun 2021

"I see the National Theatre has announced plans for shows into 2022 including Rufus Norris directing a musical Christmas show, Hex, written by his wife Tanya Ronder. Is this the programme from the NT that we need at this difficult time?" - Martin, Westminster

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