First Night Feature Archive

  • In My Name

    04 Jul 2008

    In My Name

    Contemporary issues should be the lifeblood of new writing, feeding playwrights with situations and themes to explore and examine. Yet the 7/7 bombings that hit central London have been relatively untapped. Read more

  • On The Rocks

    02 Jul 2008

    On The Rocks

    If you’ve ever dreamed of moving to a cottage by the sea, living off the land in the company of your closest friends... Read more

  • Sara Baras: Sabores

    02 Jul 2008

    Sara Baras: Sabores

    The premiere dame of flamenco dancing brings her show Sabores back to Sadler’s Wells.  Read more

  • Divas

    26 Jun 2008

    Divas

    When Peter Schaufuss looked up the word ‘diva’ in the dictionary and saw it to mean a ‘very great female singer’, in his mind the three women undoubtedly most deserving of this title were Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. Read more

  • Black Watch

    25 Jun 2008

    Black Watch

    The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have, in recent years, become rich veins for art to mine; the politics and the human stories are rife with emotion and reaction, writes Matthew Amer. Read more

  • The Merry Wives Of Windsor

    19 Jun 2008

    The Merry Wives Of Windsor

    This most comic of tales is exploited to the hilt in a Monty Python-esque production at Shakespeare’s Globe Read more

  • The Quiz

    18 Jun 2008

    The Quiz

    Fact, fiction, acting or real life? Caroline Bishop went to see actor David Bradley’s portrayal of an actor acting, in The Quiz. Read more

  • 2,000 Feet Away

    17 Jun 2008

    2,000 Feet Away

    Plays concerning paedophilia are never comfortable viewing. In the intimate environment of the Bush, Anthony Weigh’s 2,000 Feet Away can feel positively claustrophobic, writes Matthew Amer. Read more

  • Twelfth Night

    16 Jun 2008

    Twelfth Night

    A chill breeze swept through the Open Air theatre during Friday’s press night; not quite the shipwreck-inducing howling gale of Twelfth Night’s opening, but enough to encourage tightening of coats, writes Matthew Amer. Read more

  • The Chalk Garden

    12 Jun 2008

    The Chalk Garden

    Michael Grandage’s production of Enid Bagnold’s play is eccentrically entertaining.  Read more


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