London Archives - Page 22 of 28

Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Mar 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Is it possible to get too much of American politics? With Donald Trump’s daily tweets invading our...

“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Musical Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

The late Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee is a punk classic. I think he was in his Fellini phase,...

Going Places Interview With Lauren Clancy, The New Executive Director of The Bush Theatre

Posted by Helen Rynne | 14th Mar 2018 | Interview, London, Management, United Kingdom

Lauren Clancy, the new Executive Director of the Bush Theatre, talks to us about her first few...

Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...

The Bathroom Play: Georgia Christou’s “Yous Two” at The Hampstead Theatre

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

Theatre is a business as well as a craft. In an age of austerity cuts, and at a time when most...

Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 9th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The idea here is both exquisitely complex and wonderfully simple. On the one hand, Chris Goode’s...

“Frozen” at The Haymarket Theatre

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

Whatever the weather, this week is Frozen. On Broadway, the Disney musical of that name begins...

Queer Collective–Reflections Of The World

Posted by Rach Skyer | 27th Feb 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, News, United Kingdom

A blog by Rach Skyer for UK Theatre to mark LGBT History Month. Producer and Actor Rach Skyer is a...

“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...

London

Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?

“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic

Going Places Interview With Lauren Clancy, The New Executive Director of The Bush Theatre

Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre

The Bathroom Play: Georgia Christou’s “Yous Two” at The Hampstead Theatre

Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation

“Frozen” at The Haymarket Theatre

Queer Collective–Reflections Of The World

“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

Like Us On Facebook

Most Popular Posts

Recent Posts

SEARCH OUR ARCHIVES

Pin It on Pinterest