“Bodies” at The Southwark Playhouse
James Saunders is one of British theatre’s forgotten playwrights. Although he wrote some 70 plays...
Read MoreAleks Sierz FRSA is a British theatre critic. He is 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) and Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen, 2011). He has also written, co-authored with Lia Ghilardi, The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre: The First Four Hundred Years (Oberon, 2015). His latest book is Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre 1940–2015 (Methuen, 2019). Sierz has written for publications including Tribune, The Arts Desk and The Stage, as well as newspapers such as The Independent.
Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
James Saunders is one of British theatre’s forgotten playwrights. Although he wrote some 70 plays...
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Okay, let’s start with a definition: “Cougar: an older woman who actively seeks the casual, often...
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With Brexit and Northern Ireland constantly in the news, the timeliness of this play is not in...
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Gender fluidity should be fun—after all, it’s all about love. And love can take any shape it...
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All hail Arthur Miller, chief of London’s modern revivals this year. Which is odd, given that 2019...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Feb 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom
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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jan 2019 | Essay, Playwriting, United Kingdom
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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Superlative. It might seem odd that it is this show, a retelling of a Greek myth, and not a piece...
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“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....
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Actor Ellie Kendrick is a familiar face on television, but it’s as a writer that she reveals the...
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