“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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Disability And The Arts – A Separate Sector?
The notion of “dance and disability” as a sector of the arts in its own right is both...
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“Jane Eyre” at the National Theatre
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they...
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Complicité: Intermingling Literary And Theatrical Conventions
Among numerous interests of dramaturgy, intense performativity of literature, on the one hand, and...
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My Translation Odyssey: Translating Alexandra Badea’s “The Pulverised”
Currently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Lucy Phelps is an actor and translator...
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“The Knowledge” at Charing Cross Theatre
The black cab is such an iconic symbol of London that it’s easy to forget that inside every taxi...
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David Storey’s “The March On Russia” at Orange Tree Theatre
The family celebration drama is a genre that had its heyday in the 1960s when social mobility made...
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“Yerma” at The Young Vic.
Yerma in London, as the subtitle states, is a contemporary adaptation of Federico García...
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Sir Peter Hall: A Colossus Who Rebuilt British Theatre From The Ground Up
A titan of the stage, whose influence over the development of post-War British theatre was...
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“The Blinding Light” at Jermyn Street Theatre
Anyone who likes playing “Spot the weirdo” will find themselves instantly at home in Howard...
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“Road” at The Royal Court
Some legendary plays are a disappointment when you see them again — they don’t live up to the...
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“Lions And Tigers” at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Gandhi has a lot to answer for. I don’t mean the saintly campaigner for Indian independence, who...
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Joe Orton’s “The Loot” Revived at Park Theatre
Fifty years ago this month, playwright Joe Orton was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell. His...
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