Thomas Ostermeier’s “Richard III” at BAM
Richard Crookback is Shakespeare’s dazzling carnival monster, a showoff criminal who charms us...
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“A Feminine Edition”: Women’s Voices Prevail At 2017 Cairo Contemporary Theatre Festival
Ten out of 20 plays at this year’s Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental...
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“A Day By The Sea” at Southwark Playhouse
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC...
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Fresh Takes On Fresh Meat, Part 1
Jonas McLean catches the first weekend of Ottawa’s Fresh Meat Fest, a self-described “playground”...
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Corbyn-Era Labour Tackled By David Hare In New National Theatre Play
Sir David Hare will return to the National Theatre with the latest addition to a wave of plays...
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“Jane Eyre” at the National Theatre
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they...
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“The Knowledge” at Charing Cross Theatre
The black cab is such an iconic symbol of London that it’s easy to forget that inside every taxi...
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“Beckett In The City”
From Brecht’s plan to project films of Marxist revolutions behind Didi and Gogo in Waiting For...
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David Storey’s “The March On Russia” at Orange Tree Theatre
The family celebration drama is a genre that had its heyday in the 1960s when social mobility made...
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Future Shock At The Philadelphia Fringe Festival
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, now in its twenty-first year, has been gentrified. What began in...
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The Easy Trigger Of “Guilty Landscapes III”
Given that the publicity synopsis to Dries Verhoeven’s video installation pretty much tells all,...
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“The Blinding Light” at Jermyn Street Theatre
Anyone who likes playing “Spot the weirdo” will find themselves instantly at home in Howard...
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“The Hungry Ghosts” A Comedy About Addiction
Core Artists Ensemble brings Tessa Borbridge’s The Hungry Ghosts to The Barrow Group Theatre this...
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“Road” at The Royal Court
Some legendary plays are a disappointment when you see them again — they don’t live up to the...
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“Lions And Tigers” at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Gandhi has a lot to answer for. I don’t mean the saintly campaigner for Indian independence, who...
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Joe Orton’s “The Loot” Revived at Park Theatre
Fifty years ago this month, playwright Joe Orton was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell. His...
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Rob Drummond’s New Solo Show About Democracy – “The Majority” at The National Theatre
Another plague is sweeping British theatre: audience participation. Instead of just sitting back...
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Lucy Kirkwood’s New Drama, “Mosquitoes” at the National Theatre
The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now...
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“Apologia” Is Unapologetic About Its Understanding Of Radical Ideology And The Human Heart
The 1960s were “hilarious,” says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon...
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“Touch” Is A Humorous Blend Of Contradiction And Sexual Exploration
Fleabag was such a massive hit, both on stage and on the box, that it is inevitable that anyone...
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