Reviews

Rachel Joyce and Passenger’s new musical, directed by Katy Rudd, has arrived at Theatre Royal Haymarket Noah Mullins (The Balladeer), Mark Addy (Harold Fry) and Nell Martin (Ensemble), © Tristram Kenton A question has bugged me since the reviews for the Hamnet film were published last year: what does it mean for a piece of art to be emotionally “manipulative”? It’s often bunged out as a pejorative, a way to shield ourselves from the indignity of being moved by a script. You’d

The world premiere stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film runs until 7 March Denise Gough and Billy Crudup in High Noon, © Johan Persson In 1952, Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western High Noon was released against the backdrop of the activities of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, which cut a swathe through American civil liberties in pursuit of its anti-communist purge. Its screenwriter Carl Foreman was blacklisted shortly after its release for his refusal to n