“Caterpillar” at The Theatre 503
Theatre 503 is a small underfunded fringe venue, but it’s one of the most important nurseries of...
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Oladipo Agboluaje’s “New Nigerians” At The Arcola Theatre
With Prime Minister Theresa May visiting Nigeria last week, trying to stump up some post-Brexit...
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“Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online”) at The Trafalgar Studios
The Dark Web has an intriguing sound about it. Like something out of JRR Tolkien or JK Rowling, it...
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Laura Wade’s “Home, I’m Darling” At The National Theatre
Nostalgia used to be a disease, but now it’s a lifestyle choice. Look around you: British reality...
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Brian Friel’s “Aristocrats” At The Donmar Warehouse
Chekhovian is a rather over-used word when it comes to describing some of the late Brian Friel’s...
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Rory Mullarkey’s “Pity” At The Royal Court
London’s Royal Court theatre, which proudly boast of being “a leading force in world theatre for...
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“Allelujah!” at The Bridge Theatre
The NHS is us. For decades our national identity has been bandaged together with the idea, and...
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Sally Cookson’s “A Monster Calls” At The Old Vic
There are few subjects as emotionally fraught as the relationship between childhood and death. How...
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Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy” At The National Theatre
Images are what make abstract crises concrete. And who can forget the image of the bankrupt Lehman...
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“Alkaline” at The Park Theatre
Britain is rightly proud of its record on multiculturalism, but whenever cross-cultural couples...
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“Imperium” at The Gielgud Theatre
History repeats itself. This much we know. In the 1980s, under a Tory government obsessed with...
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“Genesis Inc” at The Hampstead Theatre
We are now pretty familiar with the idea that human reproduction (making babies) has been turned...
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Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieutenant Of Inishmore” At The Noël Coward Theatre
Actor Aidan Turner, who plays the Cornish land-owner Poldark in the hit BBC series of that name,...
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“One For Sorrow” at The Royal Court
It’s the stuff of nightmares. There’s a massive explosion, the sound of smashing glass, falling...
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“Monogamy” at The Park Theatre
Forget about dark alleys, deserted parks and slippery slopes: the most dangerous place in the...
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David Harrower’s “The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie” At The Donmar Warehouse
Miss Jean Brodie, the larger-than-life Edinburgh schoolteacher that strides through Muriel Spark’s...
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“The Strange Death Of John Doe” at The Hampstead Theatre
Regular air travel is a hassle. All that queuing, all that security, all those hot halls, and then...
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“Fatherland” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Masculinity in Crisis
Masculinity, whether toxic or in crisis (but never ever problem-free), is a hardy perennial...
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“Lessons In Love And Violence” at The Royal Opera House
Playwright Martin Crimp began his career by writing surreal short plays that hinted at his love of...
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“Leave Taking” at The Bush Theatre
Winsome Pinnock has for decades been a central figure in the promotion of BAME drama not just as a...
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