The Bounds, Royal Court
Every day this week I’m watching a football match, and now — after April’s production of Lydia...
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“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre
We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...
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About Vortex
Last Saturday, I went to the Excelsior Studios in Park Royal to see a performance of the Russell...
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“Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead” at the Barbican Theatre
Imagine yourself in a remote place: it could be a mountaintop, or a lost village, or the Amazon....
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“Further Than the Furthest Thing” at the Young Vic
Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember...
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“Phaedra” at The National Theatre
How can old texts speak to us now? The point is not just to adapt classics, but to reimagine them...
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“Three Sisters,” National Theatre
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
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“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
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“The Poltergeist,” Arcola Theatre
Last night, at the Arcola, I witnessed the return of The Poltergeist, Philip Ridley’s blazing...
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“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
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“Bangers,” Soho Theatre
Is gig theater the latest sugar rush? Okay, it ups the brain’s serotonin levels and charges around...
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“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy” at Royal Court
What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...
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“Moreno,” Theatre503
When do you have to take a stand? What compels you to do it? And what are the costs involved?...
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“Ghosts Of The Titanic,” Park Theatre
You can’t keep a great playwright down. Ron Hutchinson, whose award-winning stage plays, such as...
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“The Forest,” Hampstead Theatre
Let’s start with stereotypes: British theater is naturalistic, down-to-earth and explains...
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“Peggy For You,” Hampstead Theatre
Peggy Ramsay is a theater legend. Around the time of her death in 1991, the Australian-born agent...
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“The Glow,” Royal Court
Bizarre. Breathtaking. Beautiful. I leave the Royal Court theatre with these Bs, as well as others...
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About “Fair Play”
It’s a sign of the times that one of my last trips of the year, to Ella Road’s Fair Play at the...
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“Best of Enemies,” Young Vic
At the end of the 1960s, American soul poet Gil Scott-Heron said that the revolution will not be...
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“Old Bridge”, Bush Theatre
Is the Bosnian conflict of 1992–95 the war that Europe forgot? Maybe, although most fans of new...
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