“The Interview,” Park Theatre
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that...
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 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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Oct 2023 | India, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Sep 2023 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
This is a play about censorship in a totalitarian state — but, no, I’m not reviewing The...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Aug 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 14th Jun 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
What is life? How can it be measured? How is it possible to compare one experience of life with...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Jun 2023 | Latest, London, Review, United Kingdom
Polymath Philip Ridley has a rare superpower — he able to consistently astonish both audiences and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Jun 2023 | London, News, Review, United Kingdom
The summer season at the Royal Court, London’s premiere new writing venue, features two plays...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Jun 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Can you enjoy a ghost story during summer? Usually the idea of a haunted house suggests images of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Jun 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
Last Saturday, I went to the Excelsior Studios in Park Royal to see a performance of the Russell...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd May 2023 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Imagine yourself in a remote place: it could be a mountaintop, or a lost village, or the Amazon....
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
We are watching history being made: after decades of being in the shadows, queer drama is now...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Apr 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
The popularity of plays that feature trauma is certainly a trend in British theatre today. But is...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Apr 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember...
Read MorePosted by Penelope Woods | 11th Apr 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s great “hospitality plays” — a tragicomedy about what...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 31st Mar 2023 | Acting, Interview, London, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom
Аn Exclusive Interview with James Paterson who was part of the original cast of the legendary...
Read MorePosted by Anna Tringham | 29th Mar 2023 | Dramaturgy, Essay, London, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
When we talk to each other, there’s what we say out loud, what we wish we could say, and what...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2023 | London, Norway, Playwriting, Review, Translation, United Kingdom
Bjørg Vik’s The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian memory play is tender if slight
Read MorePosted by Allison Newey and Kasia Lech | 7th Mar 2023 | Belarus, Festivals, Interview, London, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Olga Voronkova is a London-based, Belarusian video editor, scriptwriter, copywriter, and producer...
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