Paul Mason’s Revolutionary New Play, “Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere”
Paul Mason has been expanding his portfolio of late. The former economics editor of Channel 4 News...
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New Adaptation of “Woyzeck” at Old Vic
Welcome back, John Boyega. Less than a decade ago, he was an unknown budding British stage actor,...
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Hidden Door: The Festival Turning Edinburgh’s Forgotten Spaces Into Creative Hubs
For 28 years, Edinburgh’s Leith Theatre was left derelict and decaying. Now, it’s being brought...
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Lucy McCormick’s “Triple Threat” Is The Nativity Reimagined, With LGBT Club Culture, Vibrators, And Lady Gaga
Most of us have begrudgingly sat through a nativity play; feigned interest as a nephew plays...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov’s One-Man Show Showcases Joseph Brodsky’s Poetry And Their Lifelong Friendship
Throughout their 22-year friendship, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Joseph Brodsky loved nothing more...
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Sex, Masturbation, And Dementia: A Review Of David Baddiel’s “My Family: Not The Sitcom”
“The question is,” says David Baddiel a short while into the second half of his one-man show about...
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Sex, Death, and Gender Fluidity in Wilde’s “Salomé” at Royal Shakespeare Company
Salomé: one of the most dangerously seductive female figures ever, often considered the original...
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“Salomé” at the National Theatre
Is God female? It says a lot about Yaël Farber’s pompous and overblown new version of this...
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Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman” at Royal Court Theatre
I hate the kind of hype that sells out a new play within minutes of tickets becoming available....
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Simon Stephens’ “Nuclear War” at The Royal Court Theatre
Text can sometimes be a prison. At its best, postwar British theatre is a writer’s theatre, with...
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“The Pulverised” at the Arcola Theatre
In the growing xenophobic atmosphere of Brexit it is a relief to see a show from Europe, to get a...
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Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre
Playwright Martin Crimp’s 1993 satirical epic, The Treatment, is a fabulous work, but it’s rarely...
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Duncan Macmillan’s “City of Glass” at Lyric Hammersmith
Playwright Duncan Macmillan has had a good couple of years. In 2015, his play People, Places and...
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Storytelling and Catching Wild Birds – Talking Dramaturgy With Shilpa T-Hyland
A conversation about dramaturgy, storytelling and outside eyes with Shilpa T-Hyland, co-artistic...
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“The Plague” at Arcola Theatre
The idea of the plague has a powerful metaphorical aura. Antonin Artaud used it in his seminal...
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“Expensive Shit” at Soho Theatre
It’s hot. Real hot. And you’re dancing, just lost in music. You’re at the legendary Shrine...
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What Theatre and Science Can Learn From One Another
C.P. Snow’s pessimistic view of “two cultures” – the arts and the sciences at war with each other,...
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Audience Gets Closer to the Action in New London Theatre
A new theatre which can adapt its auditorium to suit each play is to open this autumn with a...
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“The Philanthropist” at London’s Trafalgar Studios
One good reason to visit the theatre is to see stars in the flesh. And some of the biggest celebs...
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Adapting for Transmedia – Part II
Felix Mortimer is a former member of Punchdrunk who has gone on to found RETZ with Simon Ryninks...
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