Arthur Miller’s “The Price” At The Wyndham’s Theatre
All hail Arthur Miller, chief of London’s modern revivals this year. Which is odd, given that 2019...
Read MoreAleks Sierz is a British theatre critic. He is the author of In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today (Faber, 2001), The Theatre of Martin Crimp (Methuen, 2006), John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Continuum, 2008), Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen, 2011). His latest book, co-authored with Lia Ghilardi, is The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre: The First Four Hundred Years (Oberon Books, 2015). Sierz has written for publications including Tribune, The Arts Desk and The Stage, as well as newspapers such as The Independent. He co-edits Theatre Voice.
Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Feb 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
All hail Arthur Miller, chief of London’s modern revivals this year. Which is odd, given that 2019...
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Refugees have an image problem—and it’s getting worse. But the widespread anger that their...
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The most hyped play of the year is here. Because of the huge demand for seats, and the relative...
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Nadia Fall is a good thing. Her appointment as the artistic director of this venue, with her first...
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Write what you know, says the adage, and that’s exactly what playwright Ishy Din has done with his...
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Police stop and search activities—the harassment of young, usually black, men in the streets of...
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Playwright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping And...
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Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well....
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Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...
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There is a simple dinner-party game that can be played at no ostensible cost. The host asks, “Who...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jan 2019 | LGBTQ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Long before Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping And Fucking, or Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing, Kevin...
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Superlative. It might seem odd that it is this show, a retelling of a Greek myth, and not a piece...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Jan 2019 | Essay, London, United Kingdom
“In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Jan 2019 | Essay, London, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Brexit. The UK Referendum vote to leave the European Union — Brexit — took place on 23 June 2016,...
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There’s a nasty smell in the air. Something rotten. Horrible. I can’t quite put my finger on it....
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Actor Ellie Kendrick is a familiar face on television, but it’s as a writer that she reveals the...
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Can you really turn a three-page short story into a full-length play? What would you add, and how...
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Iona is not having a good day. She’s a super talkative Dublin teen who desperately wants to be...
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Because of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now...
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Plays about old age are also often plays about death. This is certainly true of American novelist...
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