# new Curtainup reviews for Londoners

Travelling Light- The inspiration for Nicholas Wright’s new play at the National Theatre is the shtetls of Russia and the many Jewish filmmakers who made Hollywood what it is today.. . .

The Madness of George III- From his very first line fromDavid we know how well he is cast as this likeable monarch, who lost us the Americas and who suffered from bouts of madness, now thought to be the illness porphyria. . . .

The Trial of Ubu- Simon Stephens has written an abridged version of the French play which is performed as a Punch and Judy puppet play. . . .