Williams and Dyer’s “Death of England,” National Theatre
Is this an angry island? Although the British national character (if there is such a thing) has...
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“The Welkin” at The National Theatre
History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to tell us something worth...
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Why You Don’t See Many Black and Ethnic Minority Faces in Cultural Spaces – And What Happens if You Call Out the System
Have you ever been to the theatre, looked around, and thought about how predominantly white the...
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About “The Importance Of Being Earnest”
Last week, I went for the first time to Stoke Newington’s Tower Theatre, whose company has since...
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Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” at the Old Vic: Starry Cast Tackle Modernist Classic
No playwright has had greater influence on successive generations of theatre-makers than Samuel...
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Petar Miloshevski’s Remarkable Solo – Being Beautiful, Passionate, in Love
An interview with Petar Miloshevski – A London-based actor, performer, theatre artist. Petar...
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Stef Smith’s “Nora: A Doll’s House” at the Young Vic
A woman walks into her home. Then does another. And another. Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House is...
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Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” at Wyndham’s Theatre
Towards the end of Leopoldstadt, a young writer named Leonard is handed a sheet of paper with his...
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Brexit Revisited
“Fetch me ’ammer.” (Edward Bond, Saved) “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with...
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“Poet in Da Corner” at The Royal Court
The last time I took my non-theatre-going husband to the Royal Court was in the autumn of 2013,...
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Al Blyth’s “The Haystack” at the Hampstead Theatre: Not Entirely Believable Surveillance Thriller
Total surveillance: this is the idea that every moment of our waking existence can be spied upon...
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“The Sugar Syndrome” at The Orange Tree Theatre
Your sweet tooth can get you into trouble. Lots of trouble. In this revival of Lucy Prebble’s...
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Chris Bush’s “Faustus: That Damned Woman” at the Lyric Hammersmith
Could diabolical interference be the only way for a woman in 17th-century London to advance in...
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“Scenes with Girls” at The Royal Court
Tonight, I discovered the gasp index. Or maybe just re-discovered. The what? The gasp index. It’s...
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“Les Misérables” at Sondheim Theatre
Do you hear the people sing? In recent months, you’re more likely to have heard news stories about...
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Bard or Blockbuster
Theatre is a business as well as a craft. And surveys about theatre often have a business side to...
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Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” at the Harold Pinter Theatre
The wilting characters of Uncle Vanya would like us to believe that their scenes from country life...
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Janice Okoh’s “The Gift” at the Theatre Royal Stratford East: Complex and Powerful Account of Race and Empire
Queen Victoria is a strong symbol of the old British Empire. For some 200 years, up to the 1950s,...
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Stripping and Getting Personal: Catharsis and Medical Performance
This excerpt is taken from the concluding chapter of Performance, Medicine and the Human, a book...
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“Snowflake” at The Kiln Theatre
The prolific Mike Bartlett — from whose pen have leaped television series such as Doctor...
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