“All Of It” at the Royal Court
The summer season at the Royal Court, London’s premiere new writing venue, features two plays...
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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Is anyone still nostalgic about their teen years? The coming-of-age drama is a staple of...
Read MorePosted by Penelope Woods | 23rd Feb 2023 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom
“What’s your type on paper?” is frequently asked by contestants on the popular reality dating...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Feb 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
The female monologue is a well-established contemporary theatre form, but often the content is...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Feb 2023 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
How can old texts speak to us now? The point is not just to adapt classics, but to reimagine them...
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...
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