“Absolute Hell” at The National Theatre
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th May 2018 | Acting, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th May 2018 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
In the 2000s one of the many glories of new writing for British stages was the linguistically...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...
Read MorePosted by Katerina Valdivia Bruch | 8th May 2018 | Essay, India, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Katerina Valdivia Bruch was in India as a bangaloREsident at Natya & STEM Dance Kampni. During...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 7th May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The Orange Tree Theatre is a champion of new writing. Under artistic director Paul Miller, the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
There’s a whole universe which British theatre has yet to explore properly—it’s called the sci-fi...
Read MorePosted by Tom Pandolfino | 30th Apr 2018 | London, Review, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Russian Theatre Abroad
“To Moscow, to Moscow…” The renowned lament in Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters still...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Apr 2018 | Documentary Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom
It’s been a golden week for James Graham, British theatre’s wonder boy. After winning an Olivier...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2018 | Acting, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
There are few things more British than talking about the weather. What makes this play about a...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Apr 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Let us have a quick moan about repertoire. You know, the types of plays that most of our theatres...
Read MorePosted by Beatriz Cabur | 20th Apr 2018 | Immersive Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Creating large-scale cultural experiences in abandoned spaces, Secret Cinema fuses film, music,...
Read MorePosted by Ling Tang | 19th Apr 2018 | China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
On March 20 2018, VaChina, a London-based Chinese feminist network, staged its first full drama...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Apr 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Many years ago, your time at school might even have been some of the happiest days of your...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Apr 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Last night, I went to the King’s Head Theatre to see Martin Murphy’s hugely enjoyable Victim, a...
Read MorePosted by Kate Youde | 12th Apr 2018 | Interview, Stage Combat, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
“We will not glorify violence” Visit Ruth Cooper-Brown at the weekend and you might...
Read MorePosted by Jane Clinton | 11th Apr 2018 | London, News, United Kingdom
Hamilton swept the board at the Olivier Sunday night clinching seven awards including best new...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Apr 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Every great playwright has to have both an identifiable style and the ability to innovate and...
Read MorePosted by Chris Pike | 10th Apr 2018 | News, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
I work for the National Autistic Society as their Autism Access Specialist. While this may seem...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Apr 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Love may well be the strongest four-letter word, but what is the latest news from the front line...
Read MorePosted by María Agustina Pardini | 3rd Apr 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Dysfunctional families do not know about time or place. We may all know too well that reading...
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