Posts tagged "mike bartlett"
Game – a play by Mike Bartlett At the Almeida Theatre until 4th April 2015 www.almeida.co.uk Rumour has it that pop and style legend, David Bowie, would sit down for ten minutes and, over a cup of coffee, write one of his many enduring hits. Mike Bartlett, who has delivered thought provoking plays, which include King Charles III, My Child and Bull, also probably sat down, coffee in hand, and...
Bull - a play by Mike Bartlett Young Vic until 14th February 2015 The staging consists of a boxing ring in the middle of the theatre while the soundtrack from Rocky blares as the audience contemplates what sort of fight is about to start; and then there’s a countdown, usually associated with a boxer down in the ring, five, four, three, two, one, and the action starts. Mike Bartlett, who has...
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett Almeida Theatre - until 31st May 2014 - West End transfer to Wyndham's Theatre until 31st January 2015 - The Queen is dead. Charles is pronounced King. Labour, apparently without Ed Miliband, is in power. The Duchess of Cambridge morphs into Lady Macbeth while Prince Harry discovers scotch eggs – better together? What follows is a clever creation of a future history play, drawing...