“Blue Mist,” Royal Court
Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Books, London, Review, United Kingdom
Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Oct 2023 | India, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Chen | 16th Oct 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist may be presented as a concert, but Drew McOnie’s...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Chen | 16th Oct 2023 | Europe, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom
In a short hour, Smoking Apple’s touring production, Kinder, transports us across...
Read MorePosted by Tim Bale | 15th Oct 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
If you’re looking for subtlety and sophistication, Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony! The Tony...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Hernández | 28th Sep 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland
Edinburgh in August is a kind of Mecca for theatergoers around the world. It is due to its...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Sep 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Androids no longer dream of electric sheep — instead they inhabit our dreams. Whether it is novels...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Sep 2023 | Documentary Theatre, India, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Sep 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Remember what a first date feels like? Awkward. Exciting. Awkward. Intriguing. Awkward. Difficult....
Read MorePosted by Annette Balam | 10th Sep 2023 | Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Originally Shomit Dutta’s new play Stumped was screened online from 27 September 2022. Streaming...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Sep 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Okay, let’s start with a definition: it is said that sex is what you have between your legs, and...
Read MorePosted by Annette Balaam | 4th Sep 2023 | Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom
UNBOX ME! Written by Simon Jones. Directed by Simon Jones. Dramaturgy by Sara Giddens. Bodies in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Sep 2023 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
This is a play about censorship in a totalitarian state — but, no, I’m not reviewing The...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 22nd Aug 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland
There is a show at this year’s Fringe called Distant Memories of the Near Future written and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Aug 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 20th Aug 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland
Lucy McCormick used to do music gigs and re-enactments, but she has now put her past and her...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 19th Aug 2023 | Denmark, Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland
There is a little red brochure going around the Edinburgh Fringe titled #Danish. It represents the...
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