“Typical” at The Soho Theatre
As the events of last year made clear, the police have a problem with race on both sides of the...
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“Shook” by Samuel Bailey at Papatango
Film is the new theatre — this we know, but does the distance imposed by the change of medium...
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About “Living Newspaper”: A Counter Narrative
Read all about it! Well, maybe not. Maybe more like: live the news and then watch it streamed....
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How to Write a Pandemic Play
Ten prompts for writing about the year 2020: 1) “It started with a slight cough, a rather dry...
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“S-27” at The Finborough Theatre
Last week I watched Sarah Grochala’s award-winning short play, S-27, now streaming from the...
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About “December”
Yesterday, I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott,...
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“Misfits” at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
A couple of days ago I watched the live stream of Misfits, from the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch....
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“A Christmas Carol”at The Bridge Theatre
A Christmas Carol is a seasonal standard. In a normal year, there are a couple of versions to be...
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“Death of England: Delroy”, National Theatre
Okay, COVID-19 really sucks. This play opened and closed on the same night, 4 November, as the...
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“What a Carve Up!”, Barn Theatre
Classical murder mysteries end with a neat solution — and with the arrest of the perpetrator....
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“Cyprus Avenue”: A Shocking Exploration of Trauma and Identity
Eric is convinced: His newborn granddaughter is Gerry Adams, the Irish Republican politician. Eric...
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The Interplay of Text and Movement in Dance Dramaturgy
Rute Costa in conversation with Uzma Hameed, dance dramaturg of Woolf Works It was December 2019...
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What Are The Challenges In Translating Comedy For The Stage: Laughs Sans Frontières
What are the challenges in translating comedy for the stage? And how do you get your translation...
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Theater in Translation at the British Centre for Literary Translation
The annual International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School is delivered in...
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About “A Coin In Someone Else’s Pocket”
Today, I watched the first episode in the Tools for Change trilogy, digital reimaginings of three...
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“The Prom”: The Challenges of Adapting The Stage to The Screen
There is growing excitement for the star-studded release of the Netflix film adaptation of the...
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Philip Ridley’s “The Poltergeist” at the Southwark Playhouse: High-Powered Tour de Force
Playwright Philip Ridley has had a very productive lockdown. Despite the constraints of the...
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Interview: Disabled Artists Reinterpreting the Wellcome Collection
From ancient tattooed skin to dental mouth gags, Unlimited’s latest collaboration with the...
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Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Greatest Villain
Who is Shakespeare’s greatest villain? Richard III? Iago? Macbeth? They all have a claim to the...
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“Quarter Life Crisis” at The Bridge Theatre
Success smells sweet. The Bridge Theatre’s pioneering season of one-person plays continues with...
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