“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
Read MorePosted by Tom Cornford | 17th Oct 2022 | Directing, Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Sep 2022 | London, Palestine, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Identity is the sum of the stories we tell ourselves. Some of these are personal, and some...
Read MorePosted by James Layton | 18th Sep 2022 | Applied Theatre, Education, Essay, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom
Suicide is the second highest cause of death in 15-to-29-year-olds around the world, according to...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 16th Sep 2022 | Adaptation, Design, London, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom
‘If this were a text for the theatre, here is how it would begin’ – these are the opening words of...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Culpeper and Mathew Gillings | 11th Sep 2022 | Essay, Theatre and Decolonization, Translation, United Kingdom
Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 10th Sep 2022 | Festivals, Musical Theatre, Review, Sweden, United Kingdom
Here’s a few things to start with. Following my recent relocation from London to the Swedish...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Aug 2022 | India, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
While Britain is experiencing a “summer of discontent”, with inflation, strikes and other...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Aug 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Yesterday evening I went to see Dog/Actor at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. Written by Steven...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jul 2022 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
I live in Brixton, south London. A few days ago, the borough’s aptly named Windrush Square hosted...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jul 2022 | Directing, Musical Theatre, Review, United Kingdom
Is gig theater the latest sugar rush? Okay, it ups the brain’s serotonin levels and charges around...
Read MorePosted by Yizhou Zhang | 5th Jul 2022 | China, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jun 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 21st Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, France, Interview, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
There is always a cultural gap between scholars and artists, each group being suspicious of the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
Read MorePosted by Konrad Zielinski | 14th Jun 2022 | Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Konrad: Hello, I’m Konrad. I’m here to share an account of the production of Mark Ravenhill’s The...
Read MorePosted by Ati Metwaly | 3rd Jun 2022 | Festivals, News, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom
Celebrating Arab culture, the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is gearing up for its upcoming...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th May 2022 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Punchdrunk theatre, the eponymous progenitors of “immersive theatre,” have been wowing...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 19th May 2022 | Adaptation, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom
Ivo van Hove’s production of Age of Rage is sourced from six plays by Euripides and one by...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Q. Roberts | 2nd May 2022 | Education, Essay, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet...
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