A Director’s Reflection: “Crimea 5 am” at The Kiln Theatre
Before the war, in what now feels like another lifetime but in reality is just over a year ago, I...
Read MorePosted by Josephine Burton | 27th Jan 2023 | Essay, London, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Before the war, in what now feels like another lifetime but in reality is just over a year ago, I...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom
Pain is, at one and the same time, something to avoid, and also something you can use. Kahlil...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Dec 2022 | Directing, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Is British new writing in deep trouble? With the Arts Council defunding venues such as the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Dec 2022 | Israel, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 8th Dec 2022 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
TV is a strange medium, but James Graham is no stranger to its toxic charm. London audiences have...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 2nd Dec 2022 | London, News, Playwriting, Translation, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Earlier this year in the Polish theatre journal Didaskalia (169/170, 2022), a pair of Ukrainian...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Nov 2022 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Joe White is great at staging fraught emotions. His Mayfly in 2018 vividly showed a family whose...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Nov 2022 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
Last night, at the Arcola, I witnessed the return of The Poltergeist, Philip Ridley’s blazing...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Nov 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Every day there is bad news about the NHS — junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need food banks...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Nov 2022 | Documentary Theatre, London, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom
Sudha Bhuchar’s Evening Conversations at the Soho Theatre: a calmly intelligent exploration of family identity
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Sep 2022 | London, Palestine, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Identity is the sum of the stories we tell ourselves. Some of these are personal, and some...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 16th Sep 2022 | Adaptation, Design, London, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom
‘If this were a text for the theatre, here is how it would begin’ – these are the opening words of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Aug 2022 | India, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
While Britain is experiencing a “summer of discontent”, with inflation, strikes and other...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jul 2022 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
I live in Brixton, south London. A few days ago, the borough’s aptly named Windrush Square hosted...
Read MorePosted by Yizhou Zhang | 5th Jul 2022 | China, LGBTQ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jun 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th May 2022 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Punchdrunk theatre, the eponymous progenitors of “immersive theatre,” have been wowing...
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