Archive - Rupert's Recs

Poor Daniel Kaluuya

In this edition: Jamie Lloyd creates a balcony scene more famous than Romeo and Juliet; Liberation excels at The Royal Exchange and two messy female-led…

Jul 8 •

June 2025

Tudors, Tragedies and Tim Key

In This Edition: What's Cooking at the Almeida, RSC new season and this summer's funniest film?

Jun 9 •

May 2025

Time for Indhu’s National

Harold Pinter always said to me: ‘Always be you. Everyone else is taken” - Danny Dyer on Desert Island Disks

May 20 •

April 2025

The Oliviers; and three separate mentions of James Graham

In This Edition: Bryan Cranston back on stage

Apr 25 •

Royal Court's New Season and A Disney Nightmare

In this edition:

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Might this be the worst play I see all year?

In This Issue: Anora triumphs, Till The Stars Come Down returns and reviews of Unicorn, More Life and The Glass Menagerie

Mar 18 •

February 2025

New Bond Girl? Meet Alexa

In this edition: East is South at The Hampstead, a new Hamlet and taxing the tourists.

Feb 28 •

The Importance of Being Oedipus

Oedipus, The Importance of Being Earnest Reviewed

Feb 11 •

January 2025

The Books Edition

Here are some book recommendations from what I’ve been reading, including three from the Booker Longlist:

Jan 31 •

The Most Original TV Show Ever Is Back (No, not The Traitors)

You been passing the buck. This disgust with mendacity is disgust with yourself. You!—you dug the grave of your friend and kicked him in it!—before…

Jan 17 •

December 2024

Spitting, Heckling and Pissing - what's happened to UK theatre audiences?

In this edition:

Dec 17, 2024 •

12 Shows to Book Now for 2025

Links to tickets are in the titles!

Dec 5, 2024 •

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