Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre
Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...
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London
The Bathroom Play: Georgia Christou’s “Yous Two” at The Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is a business as well as a craft. In an age of austerity cuts, and at a time when most...
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Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation
The idea here is both exquisitely complex and wonderfully simple. On the one hand, Chris Goode’s...
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“Frozen” at The Haymarket Theatre
Whatever the weather, this week is Frozen. On Broadway, the Disney musical of that name begins...
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Queer Collective–Reflections Of The World
A blog by Rach Skyer for UK Theatre to mark LGBT History Month. Producer and Actor Rach Skyer is a...
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“Gundog” at The Royal Court
First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...
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Actors Should Be Allowed To Be Parents Too
Acting, as the cliché goes, is child’s play. All that dressing up and pretending to be someone...
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“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court
This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...
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Are Monologues The Best Or “The B*easts” At The Bush Theatre?
Monologues are increasingly popular in contemporary British theatre. In an age of austerity, they...
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Immersive “Julius Caesar” at The Bridge Theatre
“Two things only the people anxiously desire—bread and circuses,” said the Roman poet Juvenal. He...
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Alan Bennett’s Next Play Is Set In A Hospital–And It’s Threatened With Closure Thanks To Cuts
Alan Bennett’s next play will focus on an NHS hospital threatened with closure thanks to...
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Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre
Do boys never leave the playground? Just when I was reasonably sure that the crisis of masculinity...
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“Imaginationship” at The Finborough Theatre Explores a Divided Nation
It’s the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Finborough Arms pub, so Neil McPherson, artistic...
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lan Ayckbourn’s “The Divide” at The Old Vic
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn basically comes in two flavors: suburban comedies of embarrassment and...
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“My Mum’s A Twat” at The Royal Court
What a brilliant title! Yes, this one must be up there with the likes of Jim Cartwright’s I Licked...
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“The Grift”: Theatre or Escape Room?
Theatre as a concept is related to the idea of “play.” After all, scripts are plays...
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“The Birthday Party” – Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre
Is modernism dead and buried? Anyone considering the long haul of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday...
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“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era
Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...
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“Tiny Dynamite” at Old Red Lion Theatre
The marvelous is a dangerous place. Especially in memory. Today I still remember seeing the first...
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From Skopje To London Via Hungarian And English: András Visky’s “The Unburied”
In November 2017, a world premiere by one of the Hungarian language’s leading playwrights...
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