“Young Marx” at Bridge Theatre
Given the rather uneven record of the National Theatre at the moment, there’s already a certain...
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“Witness For The Prosecution” at London County Hall
Some site-specific theatre feels like a really good fit. You could say, in this case, that it...
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At The Intersection Of Disabled And Working Class, An Interview With Jackie Hagan
Jackie Hagan: In Skem (Skelmersdale) there’s no class system, just people with slightly nicer...
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“A River All Red” And “The Phoenix Returns Home” By The China National Peking Opera Company At London’s Sadler’s Wells
Founded in 1955 by the renowned Chinese theatre star Mei Lanfang, the China National Peking Opera...
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Access All Arias: “Sex Workers’ Opera” Takes Swipe at No More Page 3 Feminists
It’s known as the world’s oldest profession yet, for the most part, sex work remains shrouded in...
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“Saint George and the Dragon” at The National Theatre
In Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo (1943), there’s a typically didactic exchange: Andrea, the...
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Mike Bartlett’s “Albion” at Almeida Theatre
Prolific writer Mike Bartlett is the most impressive penman to have emerged in British theatre in...
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Life In The West End’s Second Best Historical Musical “The End of History”
Last month, 1,601 people were left disappointed by the news that Hamilton, the American musical...
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“Of Kith And Kin” at The Bush Theatre
A new baby is like an alien invasion: it blows your mind and it colonizes your world. For any...
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RashDash – “Two Man Show”
Over the last ten years, a new form has evolved on the British stage, rather simply referred to as...
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Why All The World’s A Stage For A Classic Chinese Opera
In August, the stage play, The Dreamer was performed for enthusiastic audiences at the Pleasance...
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“Victory Condition” at Royal Court
What does it mean to feel contemporary? Feel. Contemporary. Really feel. According to...
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“Beowulf” at The Unicorn Theatre
How do you bring a 10th-century Old English epic closer to a 21st-century audience? And, more...
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“Assassinating Katie Hopkins” May Be Bad Taste But Theatre-Goers May Just Love It
Katie Hopkins, the controversial British media commentator, has become the subject of a new stage...
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“Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle” at Wyndham’s Theatre
Playwright Simon Stephens and director Marianne Elliott are hyped as a winning partnership. Their...
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Should Disabled-Led Organizations Take More Responsibility For Access Than Mainstream Ones?
A couple of weeks ago, I moderated an inclusion panel at the Edinburgh Film Festival where I...
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Kwame Kwei-Armah Has Been Named New Artistic Director Of The Young Vic
“You’re told you can’t do this. I’ve tried to go: yes we can.” The new artistic director of...
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“A Day By The Sea” at Southwark Playhouse
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC...
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Corbyn-Era Labour Tackled By David Hare In New National Theatre Play
Sir David Hare will return to the National Theatre with the latest addition to a wave of plays...
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Gatekeepers: Imagining Non-Traditional Leadership In The Arts
Those in power positions or the “gatekeepers” (funders, policymakers, artistic...
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