1989-2005
All reviews copyright © Ian Shuttleworth; all
rights reserved.
ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE:
E
THE EARLY HOURS OF A REVILED MAN (Finborough
Theatre, London SW10; opened 19 January, 1999)
THE EARTHLY PARADISE (Almeida
Theatre, London WC2; opened 24 November, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER
24/2004
EAST
COAST CHICKEN SUPPER (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 7 August,
2005)
EAST IS EAST (Royal Court Theatre
Upstairs at the Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2/Theatre Royal, Stratford
East, London E15; opened 21 November, 1996)
EAST
LYNNE (New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme; opened 24 June, 2005) in PROMPT
CORNER 13/2005
EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE (Gateway
Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 21 August, 1997)
EASY (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh;
August, 1995)
EASY (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre],
London SW11; opened 30 April, 1997)
ECLIPSE (Drill Hall Arts Centre,
London WC1; opened 7 March, 1995)
ECOCIDE (Finborough Theatre, London
SW10; opened 11 June, 1991)
ecstasy + GRACE (Finborough Theatre,
London SW6; opened 8 March, 2001)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (1991): Stomp/Total
Rethink/Mother Teresa Of Calcutta's Grand Farewell Tour/Patricks' Day/Memories
Of Amnesia (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 1991)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1991): Can't Stand
Up For Falling Down/Making The Number Up/D.I.V.O.R.C.E./Pop/Tango At The
End Of Winter/Lipstick Tango/Chris Lynam: Lord Byron Mad, Bad And Dangerous
To Know/Funny The Art Of Comedy/Miles & Millner/The Vision Of Nostrildamus
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1991)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (1992): Taboo/Studs/Below
The Belt/Sex III/The Dig/Serpent Kills (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 1992)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1992): Dream Screams
2/Variété Chamäleon/A Nightmare For C. Darwin/The Toilet
Of Venus/Mother Teresa Of Calcutta The Journey Back/John Shuttleworth's
Guide To Stardom/Letters I Didn't Send Home/Revelation Of St John The Divine/Terry
Galloway: Out All Night And Lost My Shoes/Mark Little (Various venues,
Edinburgh; August, 1992)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (1996): The Bible
The Complete Word Of God (Abridged)/Graham Norton/David Strassman/The
Architect/Twelve/The League Of Gentlemen (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 1996)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1996): Ryder/Oblomov/Bartleby/Scott
Capurro: The Doctor Is On/Geno Washington: Cut Loose And Singin' The Blues
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1996)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (1996): Portrait Of
A Woman/Entertaining Angels/Viper's Opium/Here Lies Henry (Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 1996)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (1996): Think No Evil
Of Us My Life With Kenneth Williams/Inside Uitlander/Albert Camus, What's
The Score?/Catalpa/All Of Me/Carmen Funèbre (Various venues,
Edinburgh;
August, 1996)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (1997): Grace/Jump
To Cow Heaven/Elsa Edgar/Vice And Verse The Poetry Of Murray Lachlan
Young (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1997): The Hanging
Tree/The Designated Mourner/Victor Hugo's Les Misérables/ thetownthatwentmad/Zero/27
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (1997): Blue Heart/Massage
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY 1 (1997): Boof!/The
League Of Gentlemen/Graham Norton/Scott Capurro/Adam Bloom/The Divine Comedy
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY 2 (1997): Glub
Glub!/I Am A Coffee/Dead On The Ground/Dusty Fruit/Do You Come Here Often?/the
gogmagogs gigagain (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 1997)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (1998): Myra And Me/Jordan/Three
Men In A Boat/My Last Week With Modolia (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 1998)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1998): Gargantua/Autocrat/Fascinations
From The Crowd/Love Upon The Throne/Rob Newman (Various venues,
Edinburgh; August, 1998)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (1998): Soldiers/Hymn
To Love/Philip Jeays: Still Playing The Fool (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 1998)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (1998): Once.../Empty
Jesters/Skin Tight/Death In New Orleans (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 1998)
EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE 1 (1999): Corpus
Christi/Mr Dickens-Mr Shakespeare/On The Whole It's Been Jolly Good/The
Curse Of Iain Banks/It's Not The End Of The World By Richard Herring/Ken
Campbell/Cooking With Elvis (Various venues, Edinburgh; August,
1999)
EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE 2 (1999): Car/Gumboots/Cookin'/Passage/Whoredom/Like
Candyfloss/The Nation's Favourite The True Adventures Of Radio 1 (Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 1999)
EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE/COMEDY 3 (1999):
Poppy Day/Brian Appleton's History Of Rock'n'Roll/Otis Lee Crenshaw/Dave
Gorman's Better World/2:18 Underground/Wreck The Airline Barrier/Gentlemen
Volunteers/Women Of Troy: 2099 (Various venues, Edinburgh; August,
1999)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (2000) THEATRE:
The Gimmick/The Bogus Woman/Splendour/In On It/Say Nothing (Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (2000) COMEDY: Are
You Dave Gorman?/Rich Hall Is Otis Lee Crenshaw/Russell Peters: Comedy
Chameleon/Omid Djalili: Warm To My Winning Smile/Robert Newman: Resistance
Is Fertile (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2000) NOVELTY SHOWS:
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen/The Donkey Show/Cardoso Flea Circus/Puppetry
Of The Penis (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (2000) THEATRE:
Voices/Thunderstruck/Owen O'Neill: It Was Henry Fonda's Fault/The Reader
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE (2000): A few closing
words (August, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE (2001): School For Fools
/ Ghost Shirt / The Master And Margarita / Resident Alien / St Nicholas
/ Medea / Mental (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (2002): Outlying Islands
/ Iron / Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan / Safety / Stitching / The Drowned World
/ Shut Eye (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (2002): Stitching
/ Latin / Tina C's Twin Towers Tribute / Deep Throat Live On Stage / Francesca
Martinez: I'mperfect / Dr Phil Hammond: 59 Minutes To Save The NHS (Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2002): Pritham Chakravarty
/ The Taming Of The Shrew / Agnes / Oleanna / Kassandra / Red, Black And
Ignorant / Correspondent / The Al-Hamlet Summit / The Trojan Women / Omid
Djalili: Behind Enemy Lines (Various venues, Edinburgh; August,
2002)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (2002): Andrew Clover's
Birthday Party / Julian Fox: Goodbye Seattle Coffee Company / Stewart Lee:
Pea Green Boat / Goner / The Complete Lost Works Of Samuel Beckett As Found
In An Envelope (Partially Burned) In A Dustbin In Paris Marked "Never To
Be Performed. Never. Ever. EVER. Or I'll Sue! I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!!!"
/ Madame Galina: Ballet Star Galactica / The Gonzo Dog-Do Bar Band (Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 5 (2002): The Bomb-Itty
Of Errors / Victory At The Dirt Palace / Tiny Ninja Theater Presents Macbeth
(Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (2003): The People
Next Door / Dark Earth / The Straits / Duck / My Arm / Nine Parts Of Desire
/ Napoleon In Exile / Sniperculture (Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (2003): Thebans /
Pugilist Specialist / Kings Of The Road / A Very Naughty Boy: The Life
Of Graham Chapman / Daniel Kitson: A Made Up Story / Dave Gorman's Googlewhack
Adventure (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2003): Those Eyes,
That Mouth / Ladies & Gents / Pandora 88 / Lewis In Wonderland / Demetri
Martin: If I / Ridiculusmus (Various venues, Edinburgh; August,
2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (2003): Playing The
Victim / People Show 113: Baby Jane (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh;
August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 5 (2003): Confessions
Of A Psychic / Sceptic / Sharon Neill: Second Sight / Marc Salem's Out
Of His Mind / An Audience With Paul Daniels / Corpus / A Millennium Prayer
/ Crowley (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 6 (2003): Sarah Kendall
/ Lucy Porter / Miranda Hart: It's All About Me! / Nina Conti & Micky
Flanagan / David O'Doherty / Alex Horne: Making Fish Laugh / Howard Read:
The Big Howard Little Howard Show / Gary Le Strange: Polaroid Suitcase
/ Die / Reginald D. Hunter: White Woman (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 7 (2003): The Argument
A Family Portrait / Linda Marlowe: No Fear! / 12 Angry Men / Hurricane
(Assembly
Rooms, Edinburgh; August, 2003)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (2004): Tim Fountain
Sex Addict / Mark Borkowski Son Of Barnum / Simon Woodroffe How I
Got My Yo! / Julian Fox New Spaces For Role Models / Ian Saville That
Old Red Magic (Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (2004): Chronicles
A Lamentation / Paper World (Various venues, Edinburgh; August,
2004)
(EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 [2004] wasn't a review piece)
EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (2004): Jackson's
Way / Sarah Kendall / Andrew Clover: Storyman (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 2004)
(EDINBURGH COLUMN 1 [2005] wasn't a review piece)
EDINBURGH
COLUMN 2 (2005): Howard Read: The Little Howard Appeal / Dan Tetsell: Sins
Of The Grandfathers / Caimh McDonnell: Futureshock / Miles Jupp: Young
Man In A Huff / Steve Hughes: Wake Up / Jason Rouse: In My Darkest Hour
(Various venues, Edinburgh; August, 2005)
EDINBURGH
COLUMN 3: Spitfire Electronique / Guided Tour / Ren-Sa / The Edinburgh
Love Tour / The Devil's Larder / Homemade (Various venues, Edinburgh;
August, 2005)
EDINBURGH
COLUMN 4: Perrier Comedy Award
(Edinburgh; August 2005)
EDINBURGH
FRINGE COMEDY: What's The Time, Mr Lion? / Lucy Porter: Happiness / Katy
Brand: Celebrities Are Gods / Janey Godley Is Innocent (Various
venues, Edinburgh; August, 2005)
THE EDINBURGH
LOVE TOUR in EDINBURGH COLUMN 3 (Pleasance Courtyard; August, 2005)
EDWARD II (Cockpit Theatre, London
NW8; opened 16 July, 2002)
EDWARD III (Gielgud Theatre, London
W1; opened 18 December, 2002)
EH JOE/STIRRINGS STILL/OHIO IMPROMPTU
(Demarco
Gallery, Edinburgh; August, 1992)
ELECTIONS AND ERECTIONS [PIETER-DIRK
UYS] (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 12 May,
2004)
ELECTIVE
AFFINITIES [POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA] in RSC NEW WORK FESTIVAL (Cox's
Yard, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 October, 2005)
ELECTRA (Riverside Studios, London
W6; opened 5 December, 1991)
ELECTRA (Donmar Warehouse, London
WC2; opened 23 October, 1997)
ELECTRA in GREEKS
ELEKTRA in AGAMEMNON'S CHILDREN
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES (Barbican
Theatre, London EC2; opened 3 September, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER
18/2004
THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 4 December, 1996)
ELIZABETH ALMOST BY CHANCE A WOMAN
(BAC
[Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 31 October, 1991)
ELMINAS
KITCHEN (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 April, 2005)
ELMINAS
KITCHEN (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 April, 2005) in
PROMPT CORNER 09/2005
ELSA EDGAR in EDINBURGH FRINGE
1 (1997)
ELSINORE (Nottingham Playhouse/touring;
opened 20 November, 1996)
ELTON JOHN'S GLASSES (Queen's
Theatre, London W1; opened 10 June, 1998)
EMBEDDED (Riverside Studios, London
W6; opened 9 September, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 19/2004
THE EMPEROR
JONES (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 21 November, 2005)
THE EMPEROR
JONES (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 21 November, 2005) in PROMPT
CORNER 24/2005
EMPTY JESTERS in EDINBURGH FRINGE
4 (1998)
THE ENCHANTED WOOD (Arts Threshold,
London W2; opened 4 December, 1992)
ENDGAME (Etcetera Theatre, London
NW1; opened 9 January, 1991)
ENDGAME (Nottingham Playhouse;
opened 26 February, 1999)
ENDGAME in GLASGOW CITIZENS FEBRUARY
OPENINGS (2000)
ENDGAME (Albery Theatre, London
WC2; opened 10 March, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 05/2004
THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Bridewell
Theatre, London EC4; opened 19 November, 1997)
THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY (Gate
Theatre, London W11; opened 3 July, 2001)
THE ENGLISH KISS (Boulevard Theatre,
London W1; opened 18 September, 1992)
ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (1992): Macbeth/The
Tempest (Royalty Theatre, London WC2; opened 24 November, 1992)
ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (1997): Beowulf/A
Midsummer Night's Dream (New Theatre, Oxford/touring; opened 8 March,
1997)
ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (1998): As
You Like It/Antony And Cleopatra (Hackney Empire, London E8; opened
15 October, 1998)
ENIGMA (King's Head Theatre, London
N1 [lunchtime]/Rose Theatre, London SW3; opened 3 March, 1992)
ENJOY (West Yorkshire Playhouse,
Leeds; opened 2 June, 1999)
THE ENTERTAINER (Hampstead Theatre,
London NW3; opened 23 October, 1996)
ENTERTAINING ANGELS in EDINBURGH
FRINGE 3 (1996)
EPISTLE TO YOUNG ACTORS / LUCIA MELTS
(The
Hub, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
EPITAPH
FOR GEORGE DILLON (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 27 September,
2005)
EPITAPH
FOR GEORGE DILLON (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 27 September,
2005) in PROMPT CORNER 20/2005
EQUUS (Salisbury Playhouse; opened
24 March, 2000)
ERARITJARITJAKA / THE COMPOSER, THE SINGER,
THE COOK AND THE SINNER (Royal Lyceum
Theatre / King's Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
ERIC
LARUE [POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA] in RSC NEW WORK FESTIVAL (Cox's Yard,
Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 October, 2005)
THE ERPINGHAM CAMP (Scotsman Assembly,
Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ESSEX GIRLS in COMING ON STRONG
EURYDICE (BAC [Battersea Arts
Centre], London SW11; opened 20 November, 1998)
EVA AND THE CABIN BOY (Warehouse
Theatre, Croydon; opened 1 June, 1994)
LEE EVANS (Lyric Theatre, London
W1; opened 6 February, 1996)
EVA PERON in GLASGOW CITIZENS
MARCH OPENINGS (1997)
EVER AFTER (Rocket @ St John's
Hall, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EVERYDAY USES FOR SIGHT nos 3 & 7
(The
Pit, London EC2; opened 4 September, 2002)
EVERYTHING MUST GO (Sherman Theatre,
Cardiff/touring; opened 1 March, 2000)
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NORTHERN
IRELAND BUT WERE TOO TERRORISED TO ASK (Festival Club, Edinburgh;
August, 1992)
EXCUSES! (Soho Theatre + Writers'
Centre, London W1; opened 1 December, 2003)
THE EXHIBITIONISTS in BELFAST
FESTIVAL 2 (1998)
EXODUS (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre],
London SW11; opened 15 October, 1998)
THE EXONERATED
(Queen's Hall, Edinburgh; opened 10 August, 2005)
EXTREMITIES(Royal Scots Club,
Edinburgh; August, 1990)
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