Martin Crimp’s “Dealing With Clair” At The Orange Tree Theatre
On the morning when this stylish revival of Martin Crimp’s 1988 play opens, I wake up to the news...
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London
“There Was No Evidence That I Was Spying For Russia. I Was Just Queer.”
Oberon founder James Hogan writes about his experiences as a gay man in 1960s London, and why he...
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Bryony Kimmings’ “I Am A Phoenix, Bitch”
On Friday, March 13, 2015, the Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre in South London went up in...
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David Edgar’s “Trying It On” At The Royal Court
Playwright David Edgar is lucky. To begin with, he appreciates his luck in having been born in...
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“Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster” at Battersea Arts Centre
Part of the Phoenix Season at the newly re-opened Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre is also BAC...
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Martin McDonagh’s “A Very Very Very Dark Matter” At The Bridge Theatre
It’s all in the title, isn’t it? Martin McDonagh’s surreal new play comes with a warning that not...
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Joy Wilkinson’s “The Sweet Science Of Bruising” at The Southwark Playhouse
There are not that many plays about sport, but, whether you gamble on results or not, you can bet...
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Footwork Against Corruption: Via Katlehong And Gregory Maqoma’s “Via Kanana,” Dance Umbrella Festival, London
The platform stage erected in Shoreditch Town Hall’s grand Victorian assembly room is receiving a...
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“Pack Of Lies” at Menier Chocolate Factory
We do love our spy stories, don’t we? The idea of betrayal, both political and personal, seems to...
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Ken Urban’s “A Guide For The Homesick” At The Trafalgar Studios
If we call a long journey home an Odyssey, what do you call a journey which is doing everything it...
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Robert Alan Evans’s “The Woods” at The Royal Court
Blackout. Dark, the color of childhood fear. Black, the color of despair. Black. No light visible;...
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A Wry Takedown Of Pepys’s Misogyny: “17c” By Big Dance Theater, Dance Umbrella Festival, London
As a passionate Londoner, I cannot help but be intrigued: a group of Americans is here to present...
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Vinay Patel’s “An Adventure”: An Epic Reading of One Asian Family’s Global Migration Story
Director Madani Younis, who since 2011 has transformed the Bush Theatre in West London into one of...
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“A Kettle Of Fish” at The Yard Theatre
Ah. Fear of flying. Yes, this is instantly recognizable: that sense that being propelled through...
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Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre
English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...
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Shaina Taub’s “Twelfth Night” At The Young Vic
If music be the food of fun, play on! In fact, give me excess of it, surfeit even. If this is how...
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David Hare’s “I’m Not Running” At The National Theatre
Whatever you might think about Brexit, the dreaded B word, the current climate certainly seems to...
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Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” at New Diorama Theatre
It’s all about the casting. The paradox of playwright Sarah Kane’s short career is that while her...
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Hal Coase’s “Mrs. Dalloway” At The Arcola Theatre
Since Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway was first published in 1925 its reputation as a brilliant...
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Debris Stevenson’s “Poet In Da Corner” at The Royal Court
There was once a time when grime music was very angry and very threatening, but that seems a long...
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