“Quiz” at Noël Coward Theatre: Towards Participatory Theatre
It’s been a golden week for James Graham, British theatre’s wonder boy. After winning an Olivier...
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“Pressure” at The Park Theatre: New Play on D-Day
There are few things more British than talking about the weather. What makes this play about a...
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“The Way Of The World” at The Donmar Warehouse
Let us have a quick moan about repertoire. You know, the types of plays that most of our theatres...
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Secret Cinema’s Most Recent Production: A Recreated World Of Ridley Scott’s Classic Film “Blade Runner: The Final Cut”
Creating large-scale cultural experiences in abandoned spaces, Secret Cinema fuses film, music,...
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Chinese Vagina Monologues And Beyond
On March 20 2018, VaChina, a London-based Chinese feminist network, staged its first full drama...
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“Plastic” at the Old Red Lion Theatre: On Teenage Love and Tragedy
Many years ago, your time at school might even have been some of the happiest days of your...
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King’s Head Theatre’s “Victim”: One-Woman Show About Life in Prison
Last night, I went to the King’s Head Theatre to see Martin Murphy’s hugely enjoyable Victim, a...
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“Hamilton” Is The Biggest Winner At Olivier Awards
Hamilton swept the board at the Olivier Sunday night clinching seven awards including best new...
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“Vincent River” at The Park Theatre: In-yer-Face Theatre at Its Cruel Best
Every great playwright has to have both an identifiable style and the ability to innovate and...
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“Love Me Now” at The Tristan Bates Theatre: Love in the Time of Tinder
Love may well be the strongest four-letter word, but what is the latest news from the front line...
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Richard Eyre’s Production Of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Performed By Irons And Manville At Wyndham’s Theatre
Dysfunctional families do not know about time or place. We may all know too well that reading...
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“The Great Wave” at The National Theatre: True Stories of Japanese People Abducted by the North Korean Regime
Until very recently British theatre has been pretty poor at representing the stories of Chinese...
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“Black Men Walking” at The Royal Court: Ordinary Folk Doing Ordinary Thing
In the same week that Arinzé Kene’s Misty, a play that passionately questions the clichés of...
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The Greatest Play Ever Written: Translating “The Cherry Orchard”
Rory Mullarkey introduces his new version of Chekhov’s masterpiece for Bristol Old Vic. “The...
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“The Birthday Party”- A Classic That Never Grows Old
Toby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Peter Wight, and Pearl Mackie make...
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“Humble Boy” at The Orange Tree Theatre: The Tragi-Comedy of Generational Conflict
Good programming is an art, and Paul Miller—artistic director at this venue—is clearly on a...
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A Place To Be Seen: Global Queer Plays At The Arcola Theatre
On March 3 and 4 2018, the Arcola Theatre in East London presented Global Queer Plays, a series of...
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“Buggy Baby” at The Yard Theatre: How Can You Represent Trauma in The Theatre?
How can you represent trauma in the theatre? Let’s count the ways: the naturalistic way tells a...
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Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?
Is it possible to get too much of American politics? With Donald Trump’s daily tweets invading our...
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“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic
The late Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee is a punk classic. I think he was in his Fellini phase,...
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