“Bluets,” Royal Court
When does creativity become mannered? When it’s based on repetition, and repetition without...
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“The Harmony Test,” Hampstead Theatre
“Welcome to motherhood, bitch!” By the time a character delivers this reality check, there have...
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“Between Riverside And Crazy,” Hampstead Theatre
It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving...
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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...
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Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
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Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Thomas Ostermeier’s West End Debut Has Starry Cast And Punk Aesthetics
It’s a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier’s West End debut is his production...
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Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep...
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Sergio Blanco’s “When You Pass Over My Tomb” at the Arcola Theatre: Exquisite Meta-Theatrical Exploration Of Death and Necrophilia
Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...
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Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...
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Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
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Zoe Cooper’s Northanger Abbey at the Orange Tree Theatre: High Energy and Queer-eyed Adaptation of Jane Austen Classic
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist — she’s a cultural institution and a national treasure....
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“Macbeth” at the Donmar Warehouse
How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied...
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David Ireland’s “Ulster American” at the Riverside Studios
An American actor, an English director, and a Northern Irish playwright walk into a house in...
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“whole body like gone”: The Art of the Virtual World within Hannah Clarkson’s Exhibition of Samuel Beckett and Jocelyn Herbert
A wave of stark white exhibition light washes over me destabilizing every sense, until I catch...
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“The Interview,” Park Theatre
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that...
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“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre
We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...
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“Blue Mist,” Royal Court
Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...
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James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889
Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...
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Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son
Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
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Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire
Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...
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