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Dave Fargnoli

Dave Fargnoli

About Dave Fargnoli

Dave is a playwright and critic. He was the winner of The Stage's Critic Search 2015

Recent Articles

Hamlet Hail to the Thief review

Hamlet Hail to the Thief review

Radiohead’s atmospheric music empowers this slick, sleek and shallow shadow of Shakespeare’s tragedy
The Bridge review

The Bridge review

Palestinian performer Alaa Shehada skilfully blends comedy and political commentary in this engaging, high-energy monologue
The Lives of Others review

The Lives of Others review

Keira Knightley stars in a slickly staged adaptation of the award-winning film about state surveillance
Memoriam review

Memoriam review

Promising but unpolished sci-fi drama explores Big Tech, Jewish identity and the responsibility never to forget the past
The Master Builder review

The Master Builder review

David Edgar’s pensive translation loses the bite and momentum of Ibsen’s dark parable of obsessive ambition
The Pianist review

The Pianist review

Thom Southerland’s musical version of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s wartime survival story, starring Daniel Krikler, gives a touching, if strangely detached, impression of the horrors of Nazi occupation
The Cherry Orchard review

The Cherry Orchard review

Kristin Scott Thomas’ riveting central performance anchors Conor McPherson’s elegant, incisive, feather-light Chekhov adaptation
The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France, 1940 review

The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France, 1940 review

Uneven drama examines themes of abuse, complicity and resilience from the perspective of interned historian Hannah Arendt
The Nature of Forgetting review

The Nature of Forgetting review

Theatre Re’s sweetly sentimental movement piece about the fragility of memory remains an unforgettable spectacle
An Oak Tree review

An Oak Tree review

Tim Crouch puts another batch of guest stars through the emotional wringer of this theatrical experiment in empathy and vulnerability
As You Like It review

As You Like It review

Lively, sweet-natured all-male production of Shakespeare’s unashamedly contrived comedy
Bull review

Bull review

Vivid, if somewhat unwieldy, British Sign Language version of Mike Bartlett’s disquieting take on workplace dynamics
De Profundis review

De Profundis review

Challenging and compelling German-language version of Oscar Wilde’s heartfelt work of self-examination
Antigone Exits review

Antigone Exits review

Nina Segal’s reworking of the classical myth reflects on timeless themes
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review

Explosive performances animate this entertaining, high-energy take on Albee’s portrait of co-dependent cruelty
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