Drama Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/category/reviews/drama/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:53:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png Drama Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/category/reviews/drama/ 32 32 The Clearing https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/the-clearing/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/the-clearing/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:53:17 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3220 The fortunes of a young couple and two nations are cruelly bound together in this evocative historical drama.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/beauty-and-the-beast-2/feed/ 0 Ghosted: Another F**ing Christmas Carol https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/ghosted-another-fing-christmas-carol/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/ghosted-another-fing-christmas-carol/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:26:06 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3156 If the title hadn’t already given it away, Dickens this ain’t – but there is an odd sort of Christmas spirit in this rude and reworked version of his festive tale.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/birdsong/feed/ 0 The Windrush Secret https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-windrush-secret/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-windrush-secret/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:39:58 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3108 A Caribbean politician, an English racist, and a Home Office mandarin all take to the stage in this drama rooted in the Windrush scandal.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/freakfest/feed/ 2 The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III King of Bulgaria https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:16:31 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3073 This curious production plays with our British exceptionalism in two ways: our mythology of the Second World War, and our kneejerk reaction to the name Boris.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/feed/ 0 It’s the Economy, Stupid! https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/its-the-economy-stupid/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/its-the-economy-stupid/#respond Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:03:59 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3070 The political meets the personal in this engaging tale of how three decades of economic turmoil – and the theories that underpinned it – affected a Devon family.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/art/feed/ 0 The Memory of Water https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-memory-of-water/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-memory-of-water/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:05:58 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2986 This play – and this production of it – pulls of the rare feat of being deeply moving and riotously funny; a dark comedy that touches raw nerves and funny bones in near equal measure.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-syndicate/feed/ 0 The Boy At The Back Of The Class https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:08:26 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2815 When a group of primary school children decide to help their new friend – a Syrian refuge – strange things happen, in this charming stage adaptation.

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