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Why I Got Up On Stage At The Edinburgh Fringe To Explain My Research In Cabaret

Posted by Anna Sedda | 24th Apr 2019 | Festivals, Review, United Kingdom

Never had I felt such a terror. Not on the day of my wedding, nor the day of my most important job...

“Top Girls” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Caryl Churchill is a phenomenal artist. Not only has she written a huge body of work, but each...

Rethinking The Purpose Of British Arts Institutions

Posted by Lyn Gardner | 21st Apr 2019 | Essay, London, Participatory Theatre, United Kingdom

You can read this article in French here. This series of articles, commissioned together...

“Pah-La” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Apr 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Theatre can give a voice to the voiceless — but at what cost? Abhishek Majumdar, who debuted at...

Ross Willis’s”Wolfie” at The Theatre 503: Nurture vs. Nature Debate

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Every fairy tale is a cauldron of emotion. These are tales that steam with resentments flare-up in...

“An Inspector Calls”: A Study Of Greed

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 10th Apr 2019 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America

The National Theatre’s production of J.B. Priestley’s 1945 An Inspector Calls now playing at...

“The Phlebotomist” at The Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys...

Kieran Hurley’s “Mouthpiece” At The Soho Theatre: Feast Of Meta-Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

There are plenty of plays in which a character finds their own voice. But what about stories which...

“Grief Is The Thing With Feathers” at The Barbican Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Wow, what a collection of talent: this show stars Peaky Blinder Cillian Murphy, and Enda Walsh’s...

Bollocks To Brexit!

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Apr 2019 | Essay, United Kingdom

On Friday, March 29, 2019, was a black letter day. That is because it used to be the date of...

“The Shape Of The Pain” at Wilton’s Music Hall

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Pain. A world of pain. Pain. For anyone suffering from a rare condition called Complex Regional...

Any One Thing’s “Recollection”: Breaking The Threshold Of Immersive Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 31st Mar 2019 | Immersive Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

Recollection takes up to six participants in a thrilling journey about the importance of memories and personal data. Going beyond the sensational premise, the budding Any One Thing ambitiously explores the ideas of ‘personalized’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in depth, taking the genre to the boundaries of what is real.