Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Mar 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Mar 2024 | Germany, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
It’s a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier’s West End debut is his production...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 19th Feb 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Feb 2024 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Feb 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 4th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Jan 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist — she’s a cultural institution and a national treasure....
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Dec 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 17th Dec 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
An American actor, an English director, and a Northern Irish playwright walk into a house in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Nov 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Nov 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Books, London, Review, United Kingdom
Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Oct 2023 | India, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Sep 2023 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
This is a play about censorship in a totalitarian state — but, no, I’m not reviewing The...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Aug 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 14th Jun 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
What is life? How can it be measured? How is it possible to compare one experience of life with...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Jun 2023 | Latest, London, Review, United Kingdom
Polymath Philip Ridley has a rare superpower — he able to consistently astonish both audiences and...
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