E.V. Crowe’s “Shoe Lady” at the Royal Court
“Would you rather have one shoe or no shoes?” Viv is here to show us that missing only one shoe is...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 13th Mar 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom
“Would you rather have one shoe or no shoes?” Viv is here to show us that missing only one shoe is...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Mar 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The idea of the perfect murder is a genre standard. The fantasy that you are so intellectually...
Read MorePosted by Natasha Sutton Williams | 8th Mar 2020 | Interview, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Natasha Sutton-Williams interviews Sophie Woolley about her play Augmented – a personal story...
Read MorePosted by Aida Rocci | 5th Mar 2020 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United States of America
United Queendom shines with potential. The location itself offers the thrill of being after hours in a royal palace, the expectations of whispers and court intrigue. Queen Caroline and Henrietta Howard bring a captivating tale and Les Enfants Terribles have a relevant lens to approach it and a bold aesthetic to make a memorable event. But I wished I had been part more of an immersive show than of a historical tour.
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
Once radical theatre companies are increasingly celebrating anniversaries, as if to say, hey,...
Read MorePosted by Colin Hambrook | 1st Mar 2020 | Interview, London, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Touretteshero teams up with Battersea Arts Centre to make South London’s premier theatre space the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Caryl Churchill, Britain’s best living playwright, is enjoying a spate of high-profile revivals of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Your story. Our story. Their story. Just imagine: you’re a political refugee, and, having...
Read MorePosted by Julian De Medeiros | 25th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
There is nothing wrong with Albion. But the fact that the play is now ‘returning’ to the Almeida...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 22nd Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America
Antoinette Nwandu’s play Pass Over is a palimpsest. Its outer surface looks familiar: haunted by...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Feb 2020 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Genetic engineering is in the news again. This follows the resignation of Andrew Sabisky as...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Feb 2020 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Now that’s what I call a star turn. Hitting the brakes on an express train, Lesley Manville lands...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Is this an angry island? Although the British national character (if there is such a thing) has...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Feb 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom
History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to tell us something worth...
Read MorePosted by Roaa Ali | 18th Feb 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Have you ever been to the theatre, looked around, and thought about how predominantly white the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Last week, I went for the first time to Stoke Newington’s Tower Theatre, whose company has since...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Feb 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom
No playwright has had greater influence on successive generations of theatre-makers than Samuel...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 16th Feb 2020 | Acting, Interview, London, Macedonia, United Kingdom
An interview with Petar Miloshevski – A London-based actor, performer, theatre artist. Petar...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 16th Feb 2020 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
A woman walks into her home. Then does another. And another. Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House is...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 15th Feb 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Towards the end of Leopoldstadt, a young writer named Leonard is handed a sheet of paper with his...
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