Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Mar 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
It’s election year so the gaze of British theatre turns towards the National Health Service. But,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Mar 2024 | Germany, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
It’s a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier’s West End debut is his production...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 19th Feb 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Feb 2024 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Feb 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 4th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Jan 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist — she’s a cultural institution and a national treasure....
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Jan 2024 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
This transfer of Jack Thorne’s hit National Theatre play to the West End has been hailed as...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Dec 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 17th Dec 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
An American actor, an English director, and a Northern Irish playwright walk into a house in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Dec 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Russia, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom
The recent news that Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the “international LGBT movement”,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Nov 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Chen | 10th Nov 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
One of the first questions anyone would ask after looking at a poster of Jonathan Maitland’s...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 9th Nov 2023 | Interview, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom, United States of America
The musical Wicked premiered on Broadway twenty years ago and quickly earned the title of the very...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Nov 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Books, London, Review, United Kingdom
Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
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