Stephen Brown And Mark Rylance’s “Dr Semmelweis” At The Harold Pinter Theatre
Today’s obvious was most likely yesterday’s incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr...
Read MoreMert Dilek is a critic and dramaturg based in London and Cambridge. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the Camilla Mash Studentship at Trinity College. He received his M.Phil. with distinction also from Cambridge and holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from Yale University. As a theatre critic and arts journalist, he regularly contributes reviews and features to The Stage, Exeunt Magazine, and Broadway World. He also collaborates with playwrights and theatre companies as a dramaturg: he worked as a script reader for the Arcola Theatre and Bush Theatre, and currently serves on the Reading Panel at the National Theatre. For more information, please visit his website at mertdilek.com.
Posted by Mert Dilek | 25th Jul 2023 | Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom
Today’s obvious was most likely yesterday’s incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr...
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Martin McDonagh is perhaps better known today globally for his recent accomplishments on screen as...
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Contemporary Black British theatre is admirably adamant about pushing its own boundaries and...
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TV is a strange medium, but James Graham is no stranger to its toxic charm. London audiences have...
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Jackie Sibblies Drury is one of the most exciting voices working in American theatre today. The...
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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Come on in: we need, after all, some respite from a world in...
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What does it take to stretch Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy to a runtime of over three hours? Not,...
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“Would you rather have one shoe or no shoes?” Viv is here to show us that missing only one shoe is...
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Antoinette Nwandu’s play Pass Over is a palimpsest. Its outer surface looks familiar: haunted by...
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Now that’s what I call a star turn. Hitting the brakes on an express train, Lesley Manville lands...
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A woman walks into her home. Then does another. And another. Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House is...
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Towards the end of Leopoldstadt, a young writer named Leonard is handed a sheet of paper with his...
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Could diabolical interference be the only way for a woman in 17th-century London to advance in...
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The wilting characters of Uncle Vanya would like us to believe that their scenes from country life...
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It is hard to believe that Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was only nineteen. This...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 15th Dec 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
This Duchess of Malfi is a cool one. It is so cool that it has lost its gripping temper and, with...
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“You into words?” Jamie Lloyd’s magnificent treatment of Cyrano de Bergerac very much...
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Fairview is a scorching minefield that looks like a green meadow. At long last, London audiences...
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’Tis the season for Christmas pantos across the UK, and there could not be a more ideal opener to...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 29th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Italy, London, Review, United Kingdom
Adapting novels for the stage is a tricky business. When the novel in question happens to be...
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