REVIEW: SAINT JOAN (Donmar Warehouse) ★★★

Joan of Arc is one of the most documented historical figures from the 15th century and so despite being around more than 1600 years ago, her story has survived and can be accurately told. Bernard Shaw’s 1923 play about ‘The Maid’, Joan of Arc, returns to the West End at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by […]

SAINT JOAN starring Gemma Arterton and Hadley Fraser to be broadcast live in cinemas

Artistic Director Josie Rourke’s revival of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, starring Gemma Arterton as Joan of Arc, will be broadcast live in cinemas around the world, directly from the Donmar Warehouse on Thursday 16 February 2017. Broadcast in partnership with National Theatre Live, this will be the 4th Donmar production to be screened in cinemas, […]

Gemma Arterton to portray Joan of Arc in SAINT JOAN at the DONMAR Warehouse

Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman. Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published in 1924, not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play […]

REVIEW: NELL GWYNN (Apollo Theatre)

“I can dance and I can sing and I am good at either. And I can do the other thing, when we get together!” If any show was summed up by its lyrics, then Nell Gwynn is it. The famous mistress of King Charles II is brought to life by a collection of bawdy songs, […]

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