“The Girl On The Train” Onstage: “We Wanted It To Have The Pace Of A Train Out Of Control”
So what attracted you to the multimillion-selling novel The Girl On The Train? That could be my...
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A Day In The Life Of The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Head Of Props–Featuring Swords, Fake Blood, And Stage Secrets
“It’s a little bit like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to...
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The Most Spectacular Theatres To Visit In The UK
I have seen performances in a theatre-on-wheels, an old Welsh steelworks, and a Victorian...
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Brian Friel’s “Translations” At The National Theatre: Four Stars
Since the Northern Irish playwright’s death in 2015, Brian Friel’s work is rarely sighted in...
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“Diversity Is Not A Policy, It’s Life.” Giles Terera On “Hamilton” And The Future Of Diversity In London Theater
Giles Terera has won armies of fans and an Olivier award for his performance as Aaron Burr in the...
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Women Of The World Write: “Global Female Voices” At The Arcola Theatre
In April 2018, London’s Arcola Theatre staged Global Female Voices, an evening of play...
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Adaptation, Participation, Risk-taking: Creative Interventions In Contemporary Performance
Translator and theatre scholar Dr. Jozefina Komporaly reflects on a day of exchange between the...
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Sergey Kuryshev: This Means Figuring Out Our Life And Presenting It On The Basis Of The Classic Text
Tonight is the opening night of Uncle Vanya at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, In anticipation of the...
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“Nightfall” at The Bridge Theatre
Playwright Barney Norris is as prolific as he is talented. Barely out of his twenties, he has...
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“Calderland–A People’s Opera” Celebrating Yorkshire Community’s Response To Floods Wins Top Award
A “folk opera” which celebrates the response of the local community in Calder Valley to the...
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“Mood Music” at The Old Vic
Playwright Joe Penhall and the music biz? Well, they have history. When he was writing the book...
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“Masterpieces” at The Finborough Theatre
Neil McPherson, the long-serving head of this London fringe theatre, has a brilliant record of...
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Ella Hickson’s “The Writer” at The Almeida Theatre
Is there such a thing as female writing? In the 1980s, a group of women writers emerged who...
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London’s Fatberg Is Getting Its Own Musical
London’s fatberg–the giant mass of congealed fat and disposed items like nappies and sanitary...
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“Jack The Ripper” Opera Will Not Glorify Sexual Violence Against Women Says ENO
The English National Opera has promised that the world premiere of a new opera about Jack the...
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“Reasons To Be Graeae:” A Foreword From Mat Fraser
Mat Fraser is an English rock musician, actor, writer, and performance artist who performed with...
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“Nine Night” at The National Theatre: The Play About Grief
The good news about so-called black drama on British stages is that it has broken out of its...
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“Five Easy Pieces”: Milo Rau’s Extraordinary Work About Child Murderer
It’s not often that a children’s theatre features a piece about a pedophile and child...
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“Absolute Hell” at The National Theatre
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
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Natasha Marshall’s “Half Breed” at The Soho Theatre
In the 2000s one of the many glories of new writing for British stages was the linguistically...
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