“White Pearl” at The Royal Court
Royal Court’s Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone’s commitment to staging a diversity of...
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“Salt” at The Royal Court
Most of the facts about the Atlantic slave trade are well known; what is less understood is how...
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Review: “Scenes from 71* Years” by Hannah Khalil
Scenes from 71* Years is a play of remembrance showing a diasporic perspective on the Palestinian...
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Ella Hickson’s “ANNA” at The National Theatre
Something is tantalizingly amiss at the National’s Dorfman Theatre. There is a headset attached to...
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Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” at the Almeida Theatre
“I’m bored, bored, bored.” The refrain, occasionally spoken but frequently felt, is at the heart...
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“Three Sisters” at The Almeida Theatre
About a year ago, director Rebecca Frecknall electrified this venue with an award-winning revival...
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“Jude” at The Hampstead Theatre: Adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1895 Tragic Novel, “Jude The Obscure”
Edward Hall bids farewell to this venue, where he has been artistic director since 2010, with this...
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Lesbian Pirates! A Historical Look At Disability And Queerness
Lesbian Pirates! is a musical based on the untold true story of the ruthless, maverick and lesbian...
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En-route To Constructing Translation For The Stage: The UCL Theatre Translation Futures Forum
In March 2019, translators, directors, performers and researchers gathered at University College...
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“Top Girls” at The National Theatre
Written only as recently as 1981, Caryl Churchill’s modern classic Top Girls has already been on...
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“All My Sons” at The Old Vic: Tragedy at The Heart of the American Dream
Superstar Sally Field has come to town. With two academy awards and countless other accolades, the...
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Helen Edmundson’s “Small Island” At The National Theatre: Tribute To The Windrush Generation
Novelist Andrea Levy’s 2004 masterpiece, Small Island, is a tribute to the Windrush Generation,...
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Henrik Ibsen’s “Rosmersholm” At The Duke Of York’s Theatre: Vibrant Classic
Rosmersholm is considered a difficult and rarely performed play. But, judging from this...
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“The Half God Of Rainfall” at The Kiln Theatre: A Galaxy-Hopping Mythological Mash-up
If British theatre often seems to lack ambition, the same cannot be said of The Half God Of...
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Zoe Cooper’s “Out Of Water” At The Orange Tree Theatre: Feelgood Gender Issues
Most new writing for the British stage is timid in subject matter, predictable in plotting and...
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Passion Play: The Often Fraught History Of The Theatre And Christianity
During Holy Week – the run-up to Easter – theatrical versions of religious narratives abound....
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Encouraging New Voices In Theatre Criticism
This series of articles, commissioned together with HowlRound in the framework of IETM Hull,...
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Cultural Snacks In A Chinese Karaoke Bar: “Lucky Ping-Pong Dragon Karaoke”
Turbo bubble-tea brewing, participative economic discussions, and live, squirting orgasms were...
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“A German Life” at The Bridge Theatre
Maggie Smith is not only a national treasure but every casting director’s go-to “old bat” (her...
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Why I Got Up On Stage At The Edinburgh Fringe To Explain My Research In Cabaret
Never had I felt such a terror. Not on the day of my wedding, nor the day of my most important job...
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