Review of ‘Helen and I’: A gnarled family tree
McHugh has a skilled hand for creating mood, sly dialogue and psychological excavation, but seems less concerned with the mechanics of plot
Educating Rita review: A damaged couple who are living to learn
Willy Russell’s Liverpool drama travels to Belfast and gets a different accent and a calm ferocity
Review: Heartbreak House
Written fitfully during the first World War and finally presented to an utterly changed world, Shaw’s experimental play remains tangled and complex. Can the Abbey make sense of it?
Review: Conservatory
Michael West’s new play at the Abbey is a grimly amusing and deeply unsettling exploration of marriage
Review: The Vortex
Noël Coward’s breakthrough play depicts a downward spiral, but Annabelle Comyn’s brave production feels like progress
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