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The Comedy About Spies – Adelphi Theatre

10Aug

By Alan Stuart MalinNo Comments

London

The Comedy About Spies – Adelphi Theatre

There are productions that make you smile, productions that make you laugh, and then there are those rare productions when “surrender” is the only option. ‘The Comedy About Spies’ belongs firmly in the latter category. Mischief Comedy’s latest theatrical assault on the funny bone is riotously entertaining, breathtakingly well executed and, quite simply, one of the funniest shows I have seen in a very long time. Written by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, the play takes the familiar world of the 1960s espionage thriller and gleefully scrambles it into an ingenious comic farce. In London’s Piccadilly Hotel, spies from opposing sides (CIA and KGB) converge in pursuit of stolen top-secret documents called Project Midnight, plans for a deadly new weapon. Throw an actor aspiring to play Jam...

The Cherry Orchard Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 3rd October

The BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning actor Kristin Scott Thomas (Electra, Slow Horses, Four Weddings and a Funeral) reunites with renowned director Ian Rickson (Uncle Vanya, Jerusalem, The Weir) for Conor McPherson’s (The Weir, Girl from the North Country, Uncle Vanya) new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, playing the role of Lyubov Ranevskaya. The production will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 3rd October 2026 until 9th January 2027, with press night on 13th October. Further casting will be announced in due course. Ian Rickson and Kristin Scott Thomas reunite to bring another Chekhov classic to the stage, with Scott Thomas having previously played Arkadian in Rickson’s acclaimed production of The Seagull which ran both in London and on Broadway; a role for which Kristin won the O...

COVEN – Kiln Theatre

Inspired by England’s notorious witch trials of the 17th century, Rebecca Brewer’s Coven tells the story of Jenet Device in 1616 Pendle, Lancashire, who at nine years old accuses her family of witchcraft. Over two decades later, she finds herself imprisoned for the same crime amongst wrongfully accused women, forcing her to confront her painful past, her beliefs, as well as her identity. Directed by Miranda Cromwell, Coven could be likened to SIX and Sylvia in some ways, powerful women historically shunned by society, reclaiming their narratives and rewriting their stories in a deeply rooted patriarchal world. Jasmine Swan’s set is dark and intimidating, grey stone covers the stage with formidable jail bars centre stage, a constant reminder that these condemned women are trapped, whi...