“Oleanna,” Arts Theatre
Before seeing this play, I decided to eat a steak. I thought I needed some extra strength. And it...
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Lucy McCormick’s “Life: LIVE!” at Battersea Arts Centre
I cannot imagine a better way to end one’s Covid-19 lockdown than to head to a Lucy McCormick show...
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“Hamlet”: A Play That Speaks to Pandemics Past and Present
I went to the theatre for the first time in 15 months to see the Theatre Royal Windsor’s new...
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“Walden” at The Harold Pinter Theatre
There’s something definitely inspiring about producer Sonia Friedman’s decision to reopen one of...
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About “Outside In”
With many theatres now reopening again, it is surely a good moment to celebrate all those venues...
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About “Sweatbox” and “Blis-ta”
Although some theatres are tentatively reopening, the creative vigor of other companies is...
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“Harm” at The Bush Theatre
After months (and months) of watching theatre on screens large, medium, small and tiny, I...
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About “The Elephant in the Room”
Online performance, streamed instead of attended, has given theatre companies an immense amount of...
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“Let Them Do Yeats Next!:” “AURIC” At The Brighton Fringe
AURIC (Songs from a Golden Age) at the Brighton Fringe is a unique aural journey and experience...
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“Tarantula” at the Southwark Playhouse
I think I can safely say that polymath playwright Philip Ridley has had a good lockdown. In March...
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Spotlight on “Pale Sister”: On Lighting in Digital Theatre
Pale Sister is the latest adaptation of the Sophoclean tragedy, Antigone (c. 441 BC), written by...
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Be Creative with Your Videoconferencing, Make it Memorable, Make a Difference
On the 21st March 2020, I put out a simple message on my Facebook profile in response to the...
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About “Saving Britney”: Prologue
Uncertainty can sometimes provoke creativity. When the opening of Shereen Roushbaiani’s one-woman...
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About “The Separation”
The camera can take you to places where the naked eye rarely goes. Like close. Very close. Close...
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About “Mum. Can You Hear Me?”
Over the past year we’ve become used to a variety of home theatre: recordings of live...
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Mark Ravenhill’s “Angela” on The Sound Stage
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...
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“The Other Solos, Shakespeare:” Brexit, Shakespeare, and Foreign Voices
Today, 23rd of April 2021, is the 405 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In two months, on...
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West End Scene: London’s Trafalgar Theatre to Open with “Jersey Boys”
Trafalgar Entertainment’s Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire are leading theatre...
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“Manimals” and the Exploration of Digital Liveness
Manimals, created by Michelle Hudson and her team, shines as a piece that accomplishes the difficult taste of engaging audiences across the computer screen.
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5 Reasons Why Verse Is the Language for Theatre in 2020s
While theatre in its early days existed in a strong relationship with verse, the social, cultural,...
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