Leader Weekends: Theatre Review (Orlando, & our Theatre Awards)

<p>Golden Globes winner Emma Corrin’s captivating role in this bold, tricksy adaptation of <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/orlando-garrick-theatre-review-emma-corrin-west-end-b1044944.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Orlando</a>. Why this Virginia Woolf story about gender-fluidity is a Christmas hot ticket in the West End.</p><p>Plus, we take you inside <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/66th-evening-standard-theatre-awards-jodie-comer-james-mcavoy-report-b1044946.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards</a>, with winners including Killing Eve's Jodie Comer and James McAvoy.</p><p>This is the Evening Standard's Theatre Review.</p><br><p><strong><u>In this episode:</u></strong></p><br><p><strong>Part 1: Orlando at the Garrick Theatre</strong></p><ul><li>What is this adaptation of Orlando by Virginia Woolf all about?</li><li>Directed by Michael Grandage - who recently worked on the West End’s adaptation of Frozen</li><li>Emma Corrin, who has been Lady Diana and Lady Chatterley</li><li>Why you’re asked to contemplate gender, sexuality and social attitudes towards women</li><li>How Corrin anchors the show but it felt like the production's emotional stakes weren’t very high</li><li>The nine diverse actors playing versions of author Virginia</li><li>Why Deborah Findlay as servant Mrs Grimsditch borders on panto</li><li>Who was Virginia Woolf?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Part 2: Inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards</strong></p><ul><li>An emotional affair after a two-year break due to covid-19</li><li>Killing Eve star Jodie Comer wins the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress</li><li>James McAvoy wins the Best Actor Award for Cyrano de Bergerac</li><li>Lynette Linton secures Milton Shulman Award for Best Director for Blues for an Alabama Sky</li><li>Lynette becomes the sixth woman, and the first woman of colour, to win in the directing category since 1981</li><li>Patrick Vaill wins Best Musical Performanc