London: Integrated Casting
It is sad to record that the main controversy provoked by this summer’s West End mega-hit, Harry...
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London: The Americans are coming!
Some of the best shows on the London stage hail from across the pond, and more American delights...
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London Theatre: In Mourning for Brexit
Earlier this month, on 16 August, I went to a small, slightly stuffy London venue called Theatre...
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London: War on Harry Potter Ticket Touts
The hottest show in London’s West End this year, and for the foreseeable future, is Harry Potter...
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What It’s Like To Be A Puppet Maker
Have you ever watched the original Thunderbirds and tried to count all the strings? Well, puppets...
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The Hamlet Commons
Setting Shakespeare in modern Africa is risky business for a white first-world director. That...
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“Sex Workers’ Opera” by Experimental Experience Theatre Company
Sex work has long been a contentious issue – divisive for feminists and policy makers alike. The...
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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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Opera, Sexual Violence, And The Art Of Telling Terrible Tales
As an art form routinely accused of contemporary irrelevancy, opera rarely makes headline news....
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Jimmy Savile Play May Revolt Some, But It’s A Necessary Part Of Confronting The Horror
The announcement that a play about Jimmy Savile is to be staged in London this summer has raised...
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Plays In Ancient Athens Would Have Been More Like A Kate Bush Concert Than High-End Theatre
The September 4 live transmission of Euripides’ Medea will have brought an ancient Greek tragedy...
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Assessing The First Wave Of The AIDS Epidemic, A Generation On
My Night With Reg, Kevin Elyot’s 1994 play, has returned to the London stage, poignantly only a...
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“Medea” Is As Relevant Today As It Was In Ancient Greece
A new production of Medea recently opened at London’s National Theatre to critical acclaim. This...
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Romeo, Juliet, Viola, And Will: “Shakespeare In Love” Mash-Up Hits The Stage
I don’t really go in for creative mash-ups. You know: Alien Vs. Predator, or the films where...
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“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Apollo Theatre
Science is an area of perennial fascination for the theatre. In the past, plays as various as Tom...
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Updated “Three Sisters” Opens At London’s Young Vic
Dark comedy and psychological breakdown are never far from the surface in Benedict Andrews’ bleak...
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