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Absence Of War

This revival of David Hare’s political drama, The Absence of War, is timely. Indeed, it’s so topical that when he was asked, as the play set out on it...
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Flight of Angels

As much as any play, the live concerts of The Sixteen can be a dramatic event in themselves and last night was no different when they launched their 2...
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Stones In His Pockets

Stones in his Pockets is a wonderful example of Brecht’s “alienation effect” working as it should. Two men: one short, one tall; one chubby, one lanky...
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Blood Wedding

Lorca’s 1932 play entices us into a world of feuding families, high passion, and warm-hearted yet poignant and painful connection with the elemental f...
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Titus Andronicus

Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ is a tough task for any theatre troupe to take on. Written at a time when theatrical gore was extremely fashionable, ...
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Blood + Chocolate

Blood + Chocolate is York’s reaction to the First World War: the call up, women’s work in the local chocolate factories, and Quaker conscientious obje...
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Educating Rita

Educating Rita follows a hairdresser in her search for knowledge and meaning; her desire to break free from a working-class background and from the pe...
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See How They Run

York’s production of Philip King’s wartime comedy is rarely ‘laugh out loud’ funny, but provides an enjoyable evening of jokes about mistaken identiti...