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Mark Lawson

STORY ANGLES - Focus on cultural and historical context: The reporter often ties reviews and features to broader historical or societal themes, such as morality campaigns, postwar narratives, or cultural anniversaries.

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Mark Lawson

    Tru – review: a five-star performance of a three-star script about the life of Truman Capote (opens the original)

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    Menier Chocolate FactoryJesse Tyler Ferguson’s 85-minute monologue and Paul Farnsworth’s immersive set deserve better than a Broadway museum piece text on the Breakfast At Tiffany’s author Truman Capote’s core creative life was brief, peaking between the jolly novella Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1958) and the genre-influential “nonfiction-novel” In Cold Blood (1965). Blocked by drugs and drink, he spent two decades not writing a soi-disant masterpiece, Answered Prayers, although magazi

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Mark Lawson

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – Munya Chawawa bewitches in lovingly juiced-up 90s rave (opens the original)

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    Chichester Festival theatreA narcotic, orgiastic woodland party clashes with the traditional values of John Major’s Tory party in Justin Audibert and Hannah Joss’s exuberant production The Shakespearean canon contains the term “love juice” twice, both in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. So, though purists might be furious, that druggy usage – and Fairie King Oberon’s access to potions that “make eyes roll” – offer textual justification for Justin Audibert and Hannah Joss staging th

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Mark Lawson

    Bonnie Greer obituary (opens the original)

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    Writer and critic who became known for her sharp, composed appearances on TV shows such as Late Review and Question Time The writing and broadcasting of Bonnie Greer, who has died aged 77, were driven by divided perspectives. Her technical experience across an unusual range of genres – drama, fiction, biography, memoir, documentary – informed her work as a wry and lively critic, especially on the late-night BBC2 cultural programmes Late Review and Newsnight Review from the 1990s onwards. And, ha

  4. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Mark Lawson

    Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling (opens the original)

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    Starting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideology Early autumn London theatre has already featured two Oscar winners: Cate Blanchett in Electra / Persona and Mark Rylance in Tartuffe (Remixed). Now Tilda Swinton makes a trio. This shows the commendable dedication of some screen talent to theatre but also the box office need, in recessions, for famous faces. Unusually, there was a first night red carpet outside t

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Mark Lawson

    Tartuffe (Remixed) review – Mark Rylance sinks his false teeth into Molière’s trickster comedy (opens the original)

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    Marylebone theatre, LondonDarren Raymond’s update drops Rylance’s impostor into a Jamaican-Nigerian wedding, with clever rhyming couplets but less political sting Spitting posh platitudes through false teeth so bucked they might enforce a liquid diet, raking one hand across an oily comb-over while the other holds a Bible as tight as a manbag stuffed with gold, Mark Rylance extends the long English tradition of comedy vicars to a French source: Molière’s 1664 comedy Tartuffe, about a trick

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