The Fever Syndrome goes round the recriminatory houses without quickening the pulse
The fever syndrome referred to in Alexis Zegerman’s new play is a rare auto-inflammatory condition that recurrently engulfs the body in a debilitating and potentially dangerous high…
The Forest, review: no wonder Gina McKee looks disappointed throughout
Hampstead must have thought it had struck gold in bagging a world premiere from Florian Zeller. Is there a contemporary playwright more Midas-fingered? The French prodigy, 42,…
The Glad Game, Hampstead theatre, review: a mesmerising portrait of hope in the face of horror
Midway through her mesmerising autobiographical one-person play The Glad Game, which receives its London debut at Hampstead Theatre after premiering at Nottingham Playhouse last year, Phoebe Frances…
Folk, review: ‘this wonderful play deserves to endure’
In a cracking start to the theatregoing year, Hampstead’s studio space offers a spellbinding account of Cecil Sharp at the start of his invaluable quest to preserve…
Peggy For You, Hampstead Theatre review: Tamsin Greig plays it cool in this biting classic
It’s late at night, or early in the morning, towards the end of the 1960s. Margaret “Peggy” Ramsay – the foremost play agent of her time, her…
Tamsin Greig interview: ‘I probably shouldn’t have been in Friday Night Dinner’
Of course, with series such as Episodes and Black Books, Greig is known for her comic work, but she is also a stage actor of considerable acclaim….