From arcadia to transylvania

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Theatre faces a fork in the road. Which direction will it choose?

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Prospect Magazine

04 March, 2026

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The Critic

A great tribute to a giant of the theatre

● SINCE THE DEATH OF THE GREAT Sir ...

The Week UK

Drama & music

Theatre: Dracula Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2 ...

Country Life

Paradise revisited

The late Sir Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece is revived and there are great reworkings of Strindberg and a teenage Coward’s play

The Week UK

Drama & music

Theatre: Arcadia The Old Vic, London SE1 ...

The Critic

Romeo coates “between you and me …”

ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL COX Going full Celt VOICING ...

Time Magazine Europe

Variations on a theme

From arcadia to transylvania

Prospect Magazine

04 March, 2026

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