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PREMIERED: 2017 (London) PLAYWRIGHT: Jez Butterworth Official poster for " The Ferryman " Another play this week, and arguably Jez Butterworth 's most successful stage work, yielding Tonys, Oliviers, Drama Desks and pretty much every other award going. First premiering in the spring of 2017 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, " The Ferryman " is set in Count Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1981, during a significant chapter of the IRA's history. It focusses around a multi-gene

Chaotic comedic murder mystery is marvellously mad ----- Blending comedy with crime has often been a winning formula in the past, be that on the screen with modern picks like " Knives Out ", or theatrical exponents such as Ira Levin 's classic " Deathtrap ", or Mischief 's modern farce " The Play That Goes Wrong ". Add to that pile Torbin Betts ' new madcap mystery " Murder at Midnight ", mixing all the pandemonium and disarray of a farce with the suspense, intrigue and enigm

A terrific year of theatre finished strongly with some of my favourite productions I’d seen during 2025, including 4 of my top 5 musicals for the year, and a flurry of broadway and off-broadway shows to finish off strong... ----- 10. WYLD WOMAN: THE LEGEND OF SHY GIRL Southwark Playhouse Borough Isabel Renner As someone who is a pretty major introvert at the best of times, this new play by Isabel Renner struck a pretty major chord with me. " Wyld Woman " is one severely socia