About “Outside In”
With many theatres now reopening again, it is surely a good moment to celebrate all those venues...
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London
“Tarantula” at the Southwark Playhouse
I think I can safely say that polymath playwright Philip Ridley has had a good lockdown. In March...
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About “Saving Britney”: Prologue
Uncertainty can sometimes provoke creativity. When the opening of Shereen Roushbaiani’s one-woman...
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About “The Separation”
The camera can take you to places where the naked eye rarely goes. Like close. Very close. Close...
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West End Scene: London’s Trafalgar Theatre to Open with “Jersey Boys”
Trafalgar Entertainment’s Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire are leading theatre...
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About “December”
Yesterday, I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott,...
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“Misfits” at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
A couple of days ago I watched the live stream of Misfits, from the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch....
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“A Christmas Carol”at The Bridge Theatre
A Christmas Carol is a seasonal standard. In a normal year, there are a couple of versions to be...
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“Cyprus Avenue”: A Shocking Exploration of Trauma and Identity
Eric is convinced: His newborn granddaughter is Gerry Adams, the Irish Republican politician. Eric...
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Philip Ridley’s “The Poltergeist” at the Southwark Playhouse: High-Powered Tour de Force
Playwright Philip Ridley has had a very productive lockdown. Despite the constraints of the...
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“An Evening With an Immigrant” at The Bridge Theatre
When the history of British theatre’s response to COVID-19 comes to be written, the names of two...
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About “We Are Shadows: Brick Lane”
Do you know the Urdu word for story? No? Well, look it up. Okay, this might prove a bit tricky, so...
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Review of “Spring Cleaning,” Arlington Road, London
Can the act of dusting be a metaphor? This is the all-too-obvious question that jumps into the...
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Coronavirus: Theatres Are Already Closing – The UK Government Needs To Act Now
The executive director of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, Steve Freeman, could have been...
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“Continuity” at The Finborough Theatre
Yesterday, I took a break from my sunny local park and turned a room in my house into the...
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Reasons To Be Cheerful, Theatre Royal Stratford East
If any musical can attempt to live up to this title in these troubled times, it must be this show...
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Zoom Play: “Midnight Your Time” at The Donmar Warehouse
During the lockdown, the best online theatre, more or less, are shows that are specially created...
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Revisiting the National Theatre’s 2011 “Frankenstein”
So far, it could be said that the National Theatre is having a good lockdown. Every week, this...
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“#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei” at The Hampstead Theatre
London’s Hampstead Theatre has recently been very successful in bringing some of its best shows to...
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Simon Stephens’ “Maria:” Aggressive Optimism is Saving the World
“The theatre is a device for empathy – its job is to create better people.” Those are the words of...
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