“Welcome To The U.K.” at The Bunker Theatre: Satire on Obstacles Facing Refugees
Refugees have an image problem—and it’s getting worse. But the widespread anger that their...
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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
The most hyped play of the year is here. Because of the huge demand for seats, and the relative...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Nadia Fall is a good thing. Her appointment as the artistic director of this venue, with her first...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Write what you know, says the adage, and that’s exactly what playwright Ishy Din has done with his...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jan 2019 | Ireland, London, Nigeria, Review, United Kingdom
Police stop and search activities—the harassment of young, usually black, men in the streets of...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Carson | 23rd Jan 2019 | London, Musical Theatre, News, United Kingdom
Writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss discuss their hit musical about the wives of King Henry VIII...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
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....
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...
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 Marilena Borriello | 17th Jan 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, London, United Kingdom
We all probably agree that the theatre is by nature “immersive” and that–since the...
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...
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 Alice Jones | 14th Jan 2019 | London, News, United Kingdom
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other Cate Blanchett stars in Martin Crimp’s experimental...
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,...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 11th Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Dates: November 28-January 12 Writer: Ellie Kendrick Directors: Helen Goalen and Abbi...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
There’s a nasty smell in the air. Something rotten. Horrible. I can’t quite put my finger on it....
Read MorePosted by Hugh Montgomery | 10th Jan 2019 | Acting, Interview, London, United Kingdom
“I’m a white heterosexual woman with a fair amount of good fortune and–as the saying...
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...
Read MorePosted by Oberon Books | 24th Dec 2018 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Global Queer Plays, published December 10, is a unique anthology bringing together stories of...
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