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“Between Riverside And Crazy,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th May 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics

It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving...

Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service

Posted 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...

Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling

Posted 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...

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

Posted 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...

Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Posted 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...

Sergio Blanco’s “When You Pass Over My Tomb” at the Arcola Theatre: Exquisite Meta-Theatrical Exploration Of Death and Necrophilia

Posted 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...

Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution

Posted 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...

Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre

Posted 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...

Zoe Cooper’s Northanger Abbey at the Orange Tree Theatre: High Energy and Queer-eyed Adaptation of Jane Austen Classic

Posted 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....

“Macbeth” at the Donmar Warehouse

Posted 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...

David Ireland’s “Ulster American” at the Riverside Studios

Posted 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...

“whole body like gone”: The Art of the Virtual World within Hannah Clarkson’s Exhibition of Samuel Beckett and Jocelyn Herbert

Posted by Annette Balaam | 15th Dec 2023 | Design, London, United Kingdom

A wave of stark white exhibition light washes over me destabilizing every sense, until I catch...

“The Interview,” Park Theatre

Posted 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...

“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre

Posted 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...

“Blue Mist,” Royal Court

Posted 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...

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

Posted 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...

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

Posted 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...

Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire

Posted 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...

“A Mirror” at Almeida Theatre

Posted 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...

“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic

Posted 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...

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“Between Riverside And Crazy,” Hampstead Theatre

Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service

Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling

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

Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Sergio Blanco’s “When You Pass Over My Tomb” at the Arcola Theatre: Exquisite Meta-Theatrical Exploration Of Death and Necrophilia

Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution

Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre

Zoe Cooper’s Northanger Abbey at the Orange Tree Theatre: High Energy and Queer-eyed Adaptation of Jane Austen Classic

“Macbeth” at the Donmar Warehouse

David Ireland’s “Ulster American” at the Riverside Studios

“whole body like gone”: The Art of the Virtual World within Hannah Clarkson’s Exhibition of Samuel Beckett and Jocelyn Herbert

“The Interview,” Park Theatre

“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre

“Blue Mist,” Royal Court

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire

“A Mirror” at Almeida Theatre

“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic

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