“Allelujah!” at The Bridge Theatre
The NHS is us. For decades our national identity has been bandaged together with the idea, and...
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Four Directors Give Four Reasons To Be Graeae
To mark the launch of Graeae’s new book, Reasons to Be Graeae, which charts the history of the...
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“Me And My Girl,” Review: Matt Lucas’ Stand-In Provokes Frenzied Standing Ovation
When the first person to appear on stage is director Daniel Evans with a microphone in hand and...
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Sally Cookson’s “A Monster Calls” At The Old Vic
There are few subjects as emotionally fraught as the relationship between childhood and death. How...
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Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy” At The National Theatre
Images are what make abstract crises concrete. And who can forget the image of the bankrupt Lehman...
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“Alkaline” at The Park Theatre
Britain is rightly proud of its record on multiculturalism, but whenever cross-cultural couples...
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“Red” – An Artist’s Mindmap
When looking forward to seeing a work of art, a certain play or a performance what is our feeling...
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Vicky Jones On Life After “Fleabag” And “The One”: “It’s Based On Something That Happened To Me”
Bret Yount is choreographing. But there isn’t any dancing. Nor, for the moment, is there...
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Simon Callow On Legendary Play Agent Peggy Ramsay
Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to...
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“Imperium” at The Gielgud Theatre
History repeats itself. This much we know. In the 1980s, under a Tory government obsessed with...
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“Genesis Inc” at The Hampstead Theatre
We are now pretty familiar with the idea that human reproduction (making babies) has been turned...
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Longread. Katie Mitchell On Chekhov, Stanislavsky, And Characters Of Flesh And Blood
Katie, or rather, Katrina Jane Mitchell, is a leading British theatre director whose creative...
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Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieutenant Of Inishmore” At The Noël Coward Theatre
Actor Aidan Turner, who plays the Cornish land-owner Poldark in the hit BBC series of that name,...
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Critics Have A Duty To Look Beyond Appearance And Judge Performance. Otherwise They’re Just Creepy.
I went to see Flight Of The Conchords this week. The New Zealand musical comedy duo flaunted their...
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“One For Sorrow” at The Royal Court
It’s the stuff of nightmares. There’s a massive explosion, the sound of smashing glass, falling...
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Event Review: Ukrainian 1930s Avant-Garde Taking The Stage In London
Meet The team behind Maklena and become part of the story! Armed secret police were everywhere...
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Reasons To Be Graeae: A Unique Insight Into Disabled-Led Theater Company Graeae
Oberon’s new book, Reasons To Be Graeae, gives a unique insight into the first 38 years of the...
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“Monogamy” at The Park Theatre
Forget about dark alleys, deserted parks and slippery slopes: the most dangerous place in the...
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Glasgow’s Easterhouse To Stage Ancient “Trojan Women” Play With War-Scarred Syrian Refugees
A 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy is to be staged in one of Scotland’s most deprived communities to...
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How Shakespeare Used Music To Tell Stories
Today we fully expect film, television, and theatre to use music to shape meaning. The screeching...
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