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Erich Maria Remarque’s “Three Comrades” (“Drei Kameraden”) by the Sovremennik Theatre

Posted by Anna Prosvetova | 10th Jun 2017 | London, Review, Russia, United Kingdom

This new tour of the Sovremennik Theatre in London also meant the premiere of Erich Maria...

Defying “Romeo And Juliet” at The Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted by Aida Rocci | 9th Jun 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

In “Romeo and Juliet” directed by Daniel Kramer, love, desire and violence are layered on top of each other, and with bold visuals and a daring interpretation, the classic releases its full power to examine violence and what can save us from it.

“Alice’s Adventures Underground”: New Immersive Limits Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted by Aida Rocci | 1st Jun 2017 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

“Drink me” or “Eat me.” Like Neo, in The Matrix, you are presented with a simple dichotomy that...

Paul Mason’s Revolutionary New Play, “Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere”

Posted by Alice Jones | 29th May 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Paul Mason has been expanding his portfolio of late. The former economics editor of Channel 4 News...

New Adaptation of “Woyzeck” at Old Vic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th May 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Welcome back, John Boyega. Less than a decade ago, he was an unknown budding British stage actor,...

Lucy McCormick’s “Triple Threat” Is The Nativity Reimagined, With LGBT Club Culture, Vibrators, And Lady Gaga

Posted by Michael Segalov | 23rd May 2017 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Most of us have begrudgingly sat through a nativity play; feigned interest as a nephew plays...

Mikhail Baryshnikov’s One-Man Show Showcases Joseph Brodsky’s Poetry And Their Lifelong Friendship

Posted by Jessica Barrett | 23rd May 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Throughout their 22-year friendship, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Joseph Brodsky loved nothing more...

Sex, Masturbation, And Dementia: A Review Of David Baddiel’s “My Family: Not The Sitcom”

Posted by Alice Jones | 22nd May 2017 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom

“The question is,” says David Baddiel a short while into the second half of his one-man show about...

Sex, Death, and Gender Fluidity in Wilde’s “Salomé” at Royal Shakespeare Company

Posted by Holly Williams | 20th May 2017 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Salomé: one of the most dangerously seductive female figures ever, often considered the original...

“Salomé” at the National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th May 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Is God female? It says a lot about Yaël Farber’s pompous and overblown new version of this...

Simon Stephens’ “Nuclear War” at The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th May 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Text can sometimes be a prison. At its best, postwar British theatre is a writer’s theatre, with...

Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Martin Crimp’s 1993 satirical epic, The Treatment, is a fabulous work, but it’s rarely...

“Don Juan in Soho” Featuring David Tennant

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Apr 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a...

David Henry Hwang’s “Chinglish” Premieres in London

Posted by Mary Mazzilli | 8th Apr 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

There is something strangely genuine and comically truthful about the European première of David...

Brexit Play Attempts to Break the Bubble

Posted by Mark O'Thomas | 4th Apr 2017 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Much has been written over recent months about the apparent bubble in which we are all now living,...

Hamlet-Inspired “Love in Idleness” at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Apr 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The rehabilitation of playwright Terence Rattigan has surpassed even the stage when not only are...

Romeo, Juliet, and You: CoLab Theatre is Back Challenging the Bard with Interactivity

Posted by Aida Rocci | 2nd Apr 2017 | Dramaturgy, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

“But he which bore my letter, Friar John, Was stay’d by accident, and yesternight...

Opera: Sex, Violence, and Politics – An Immersive Exhibition

Posted by Adam Sherwin | 27th Mar 2017 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom

Scenes depicting graphic sex and violence have a role in modern opera, the departing director of...

“The Pitchfork Disney” at Shoreditch Town Hall

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Mar 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Philip Ridley has one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary theatre. His...

Bilingual Conversations at the Cervantes Theatre: An Interview With Paula Paz

Posted by Aida Rocci | 16th Mar 2017 | Interview, London, Spain, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United Kingdom

Interview with Paula Paz, Associate Director of the Cervantes Theatre, the new theatre with hopes of becoming a house of Spanish and Latin American theatre and culture in London.