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“Gundog” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...

Actors Should Be Allowed To Be Parents Too

Posted by Bernadette McNulty | 25th Feb 2018 | Acting, London, News, United Kingdom

Acting, as the cliché goes, is child’s play. All that dressing up and pretending to be someone...

“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Feb 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...

Are Monologues The Best Or “The B*easts” At The Bush Theatre?

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Feb 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Monologues are increasingly popular in contemporary British theatre. In an age of austerity, they...

Immersive “Julius Caesar” at The Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Feb 2018 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review

“Two things only the people anxiously desire—bread and circuses,” said the Roman poet Juvenal. He...

Alan Bennett’s Next Play Is Set In A Hospital–And It’s Threatened With Closure Thanks To Cuts

Posted by Conrad Landin | 24th Feb 2018 | London, News, Playwriting, United Kingdom

Alan Bennett’s next play will focus on an NHS hospital threatened with closure thanks to...

Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Feb 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Do boys never leave the playground? Just when I was reasonably sure that the crisis of masculinity...

“Imaginationship” at The Finborough Theatre Explores a Divided Nation

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Feb 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

It’s the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Finborough Arms pub, so Neil McPherson, artistic...

lan Ayckbourn’s “The Divide” at The Old Vic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Feb 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn basically comes in two flavors: suburban comedies of embarrassment and...

“My Mum’s A Twat” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Feb 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

What a brilliant title! Yes, this one must be up there with the likes of Jim Cartwright’s I Licked...

“The Grift”: Theatre or Escape Room?

Posted by Aida Rocci | 1st Feb 2018 | Dramaturgy, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Theatre as a concept is related to the idea of “play.” After all, scripts are plays...

“The Birthday Party” – Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Jan 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Is modernism dead and buried? Anyone considering the long haul of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday...

“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Jan 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...

“Tiny Dynamite” at Old Red Lion Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jan 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The marvelous is a dangerous place. Especially in memory. Today I still remember seeing the first...

From Skopje To London Via Hungarian And English: András Visky’s “The Unburied”

Posted by Jozefina Komporaly | 20th Jan 2018 | Essay, Hungary, London, Romania, Translation, United Kingdom

In November 2017, a world premiere by one of the Hungarian language’s leading playwrights...

“The Jungle” at The Young Vic: New Immersive Docu-Drama

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Jan 2018 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Refugees, it is said, have no nationality—they are all individuals. This new docu-drama, The...

“Daisy Pulls It Off” at The Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jan 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

History is a good place to talk about our contemporary concerns. And British theatre loves plays...

Audience To Vote For Bard’s Play They Want Performed At Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted by Adam Sherwin | 6th Jan 2018 | London, News, United Kingdom

“Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow,” Shakespeare wrote. Now...

Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” – The Environmental Disaster and Ethics

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 5th Jan 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Annoying as it is, I have to start with a spoiler alert. That’s because what’s most interesting to...

“FCUK’D” at The Bunker Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Dec 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Is Britain’s welfare system unfit for purpose? Well, all the news channels seem to suggest that...

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“Gundog” at The Royal Court

“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court

Are Monologues The Best Or “The B*easts” At The Bush Theatre?

Immersive “Julius Caesar” at The Bridge Theatre

Alan Bennett’s Next Play Is Set In A Hospital–And It’s Threatened With Closure Thanks To Cuts

Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre

“Imaginationship” at The Finborough Theatre Explores a Divided Nation

lan Ayckbourn’s “The Divide” at The Old Vic

“My Mum’s A Twat” at The Royal Court

“The Grift”: Theatre or Escape Room?

“The Birthday Party” – Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre

“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era

“Tiny Dynamite” at Old Red Lion Theatre

From Skopje To London Via Hungarian And English: András Visky’s “The Unburied”

“The Jungle” at The Young Vic: New Immersive Docu-Drama

“Daisy Pulls It Off” at The Park Theatre

Audience To Vote For Bard’s Play They Want Performed At Shakespeare’s Globe

Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” – The Environmental Disaster and Ethics

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