“Lessons Learnt” By A Professional Translator–Adapting The Same Play Three Times Over Three Years
I have just finished translating Mikhail Durnenkov’s The War Hasn’t Yet Started for the third time...
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“Buggy Baby” at The Yard Theatre: How Can You Represent Trauma in The Theatre?
How can you represent trauma in the theatre? Let’s count the ways: the naturalistic way tells a...
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Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?
Is it possible to get too much of American politics? With Donald Trump’s daily tweets invading our...
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“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic
The late Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee is a punk classic. I think he was in his Fellini phase,...
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Cinema And Smart Phones: The Art Of Increasing Audiences For Opera, Ballet, And, Theatre
Watching an opera, play, or ballet has become an increasingly cinematic experience. “Livecasting”...
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Jess Thom On Touretteshero’s Production Of Beckett’s “Not I”: Mouth as a Disabled Character
Following excellent reviews from a run of Samuel Beckett’s Not I in Edinburgh last summer...
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Going Places Interview With Lauren Clancy, The New Executive Director of The Bush Theatre
Lauren Clancy, the new Executive Director of the Bush Theatre, talks to us about her first few...
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Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre
Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...
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The Bathroom Play: Georgia Christou’s “Yous Two” at The Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is a business as well as a craft. In an age of austerity cuts, and at a time when most...
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“Y Tad” – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (A Welsh Translation of Florian Zeller’s “The Father”)
Terry Eagleton reminds us that in order for tragedy to occur, then the protagonist must be in...
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Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation
The idea here is both exquisitely complex and wonderfully simple. On the one hand, Chris Goode’s...
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What Is The Shape, Color, And Sound Of Pain?
Conceived and directed by Rachel Bagshaw and written by Chris Thorpe, The Shape of the...
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“Frozen” at The Haymarket Theatre
Whatever the weather, this week is Frozen. On Broadway, the Disney musical of that name begins...
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Look How Far We’ve Come: Dan Gillespie Sells On LGBTQ History Month UK
February was the LGBT History Month UK. It’s 30 Years since the passing of Section 28, the...
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Mind The Gap: Theatre Group For The Over 60s Helps Salisbury Playhouse Cater For All
One of the things Salisbury Playhouse tries to do is provide opportunities for everyone in the...
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Examining “Tommy” Through a Neurodiverse Lens
Ramps on the Moon’s adaptation of Pete Townsend’s 1969 concept album ‘Tommy’, toured the UK...
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Queer Collective–Reflections Of The World
A blog by Rach Skyer for UK Theatre to mark LGBT History Month. Producer and Actor Rach Skyer is a...
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“Gundog” at The Royal Court
First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...
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Actors Should Be Allowed To Be Parents Too
Acting, as the cliché goes, is child’s play. All that dressing up and pretending to be someone...
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“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court
This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...
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