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Perez Hilton | 1 week ago

Phantom Sequel Premieres To Mediocre Reviews!!

...you will be very confused; if you do know the first Phantom, you will also be very confused." Benedict Nightingale, of The Times, wrote: "Where's the menace, the horror, the...

Sunday Mirror | 1 week ago

Lukewarm reviews for Phantom sequel

...in The Guardian said: "What the show lacks, in a nutshell, is narrative tension", while Benedict Nightingale, in The Times, asked: "So where's the tension in Ben Elton and Lloyd...

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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 1 week ago

Love Never Dies, review of reviews

...plot" and a Phantom who has "taken an anger management course since landing in New York. " Benedict Nightingale feels that the show lacks "the menace, the horror, the...

Independent.co.uk - Theater | 3 weeks ago

Can you hear me up there?: A night at the theatre isn't such a treat when you sit in the gods

...even than his famous Widow Twankey. The glum Lancashire accent helps. So does the warty nose", wrote Benedict Nightingale in his review of the current revival in The Times. Rheumy eyes,...

"McKellen's Estragon is funnier than last year, funnier even than his famous Widow Twankey. The glum Lancashire accent helps. So does the warty nose", wrote Benedict Nightingale in his review of the current revival in The Times.

Can you hear me up there?: A night at the theatre isn't such a treat when you sit in the gods Independent.co.uk - Theater | 3 weeks ago

Guardian Unlimited | 1 month ago

The Times has appointed two well-known, lively writers to be its new cinema critic and new theatre critic. But neither of them know much about their subjects

...nearly five decades ago in the same year that a very young, very thin Benedict Nightingale arrived as a trainee reporter. We called him Bendy, and he wasn't (frankly) much of a...

Playbill.com | 1 month ago

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 23-29: Stars Align

...be joined by original West End cast member Janet McTeer, Dylan Baker and Lucy Liu. Finally, Benedict Nightingale, chief theatre critic of the London Times since 1990, is stepping down...

Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Benedict Nightingale

After some 20 years as the chief theatre critic for The Times, from 1 June 2010 Nightingale's place will be taken by The Times journalist Libby Purves. Information on this, its...

Guardian Unlimited | 1 month ago

Times appoints Purves as new theatre critic

So Midweek presenter Libby Purves is to become the Times theatre critic, replacing Benedict Nightingale in June. Other critics have already waded into the blogosphere to share their views:...

Playbill.com | 1 month ago

Benedict Nightingale to Step Down As Chief Theatre Critic of London Times; Libby Purves to Replace Him

Benedict Nightingale, chief theatre critic of the London Times since 1990, is stepping down from the post, and will be replaced from June by broadcaster, journalist and author Libby...

Guardian | 1 month ago

Hugh Muir's diary

...Libby Purves, star of Radio 4's Midweek and the Times comment pages, will soon replace the venerable Benedict Nightingale. Impossible job, many are saying. How do you replace a legend?

Guardian Unlimited | 1 month ago

Times theatre critic Benedict Nightingale retires

Curtain falls on Times critic Benedict Nightingale's lifetime in the theatre Libby Purves to replace him as chief drama critic What does Libby Purves know about the theatre? We will...

Times Online | 4 months ago

Prick Up Your Ears to close after tickets slump on Matt Lucas withdrawal

The actor received mixed reviews with The Daily Telegraph applauding the performance while The Times critic Benedict Nightingale decided that "Lucas overacts or at least tries too hard. "...