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Theatre

The Armour at Langham Hotel reviewed: three new playlets that never get going

Plus: a new Mugabe drama at the Gate Theatre that, amazingly, doesn’t offer a single piece of data about the play’s subject

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

The Armour

Langham Hotel, until 4 April

The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco

Gate Theatre, until 21 March

One of last year’s unexpected treasures was a novelty show by Defibrillator that took three neglected Tennessee Williams plays, all set in hotel rooms, and staged them in suites at a five-star dosshouse in central London. The Langham Hotel, an antique hulk of marble and glass overlooking Broadcasting House, is justly proud of its raffish literary history.

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