Taking a Ride on a “Red Bike”
Against the roar of asphalt and a set of wheels, a child looks out onto the horizon and tries to...
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“Common:” Difficult To Follow And Nihilistic At The Wrong Time
History is a tricky harlot. She is bought and sold, fought for and thrown over, seduced and...
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Erich Maria Remarque’s “Three Comrades” (“Drei Kameraden”) by the Sovremennik Theatre
This new tour of the Sovremennik Theatre in London also meant the premiere of Erich Maria...
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Defying “Romeo And Juliet” at The Shakespeare’s Globe
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.
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“Alice’s Adventures Underground”: New Immersive Limits Down the Rabbit Hole
“Drink me” or “Eat me.” Like Neo, in The Matrix, you are presented with a simple dichotomy that...
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Paul Mason’s Revolutionary New Play, “Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere”
Paul Mason has been expanding his portfolio of late. The former economics editor of Channel 4 News...
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New Adaptation of “Woyzeck” at Old Vic
Welcome back, John Boyega. Less than a decade ago, he was an unknown budding British stage actor,...
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Lucy McCormick’s “Triple Threat” Is The Nativity Reimagined, With LGBT Club Culture, Vibrators, And Lady Gaga
Most of us have begrudgingly sat through a nativity play; feigned interest as a nephew plays...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov’s One-Man Show Showcases Joseph Brodsky’s Poetry And Their Lifelong Friendship
Throughout their 22-year friendship, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Joseph Brodsky loved nothing more...
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Sex, Masturbation, And Dementia: A Review Of David Baddiel’s “My Family: Not The Sitcom”
“The question is,” says David Baddiel a short while into the second half of his one-man show about...
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Sex, Death, and Gender Fluidity in Wilde’s “Salomé” at Royal Shakespeare Company
Salomé: one of the most dangerously seductive female figures ever, often considered the original...
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“Salomé” at the National Theatre
Is God female? It says a lot about Yaël Farber’s pompous and overblown new version of this...
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Simon Stephens’ “Nuclear War” at The Royal Court Theatre
Text can sometimes be a prison. At its best, postwar British theatre is a writer’s theatre, with...
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Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre
Playwright Martin Crimp’s 1993 satirical epic, The Treatment, is a fabulous work, but it’s rarely...
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“Don Juan in Soho” Featuring David Tennant
Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a...
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David Henry Hwang’s “Chinglish” Premieres in London
There is something strangely genuine and comically truthful about the European première of David...
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Brexit Play Attempts to Break the Bubble
Much has been written over recent months about the apparent bubble in which we are all now living,...
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Hamlet-Inspired “Love in Idleness” at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The rehabilitation of playwright Terence Rattigan has surpassed even the stage when not only are...
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Romeo, Juliet, and You: CoLab Theatre is Back Challenging the Bard with Interactivity
“But he which bore my letter, Friar John, Was stay’d by accident, and yesternight...
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Opera: Sex, Violence, and Politics – An Immersive Exhibition
Scenes depicting graphic sex and violence have a role in modern opera, the departing director of...
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