Rachel Halliburton

Articles By Rachel Halliburton

The Tragedy of King Richard II, Almeida Theatre review - Simon Russell Beale leads revelatory interpretation Wednesday, 19 December 2018 Read more...	The Box of Delights, Wilton's Music Hall review - captivating adaptation of John Masefield's darkly thrilling novel Tuesday, 18 December 2018 Read more...
Doctor Faustus, Sam Wanamaker Theatre review - female Faustus reaps rich rewards Friday, 07 December 2018 Read more...	Summer and Smoke, Duke of York's Theatre review – Patsy Ferran's remarkable performance Wednesday, 21 November 2018 Read more...
Macbeth, Shakespeare's Globe review - sexually-charged production draws power from the shadows Thursday, 15 November 2018 Read more...	Honour, Park Theatre review - an assault on complacency Friday, 02 November 2018 Read more...
A Guide For The Homesick, Trafalgar Studios review - warmly funny and deeply moving Friday, 19 October 2018 Read more...	Parents' Evening, Jermyn Street Theatre - chemistry so negligible it's antiseptic Thursday, 11 October 2018 Read more...
Sketching, Wilton's Music Hall, review - less a dynamic babble than a disconsolate babel Wednesday, 03 October 2018 Read more...	Every Day I Make Greatness Happen, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review - live-wire immediacy Friday, 28 September 2018 Read more...
The Outsider, Print Room at the Coronet review - power in restraint Thursday, 20 September 2018 Read more...	Dance Nation, Almeida Theatre review - a tarantella through the convulsions of the teenage psyche Thursday, 06 September 2018 Read more...
Pericles, National Theatre review - a fizzingly energetic production Monday, 27 August 2018 Read more...	Exit the King, National Theatre review - vivid, brilliant production that somehow leaves you feeling empty Thursday, 26 July 2018 Read more...
A Monster Calls, Old Vic - wild, beautiful theatre that beguiles and bruises Thursday, 19 July 2018 Read more...	As You Like It, Shakespeare in the Squares review - an exuberant celebration of the Summer of Love Wednesday, 04 July 2018 Read more...

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