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“Rhinoceros”, The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 14th May 2025 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

This Guardian pick of the year 2025 recently closed at London’s Almeida theatre, but it is...

The Comeuppance, Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Apr 2024 | Acting, Review, United Kingdom

I’ve never been one for school reunions, but even if I had kept in touch with former classmates I...

Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 4th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...

“A Mirror” at Almeida Theatre

Posted 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...

“The Chairs” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 3rd Mar 2022 | Acting, London, Review, Translation, United Kingdom

Eugene Ionesco’s 1952 play The Chairs belongs to the moment of post-second world war European...

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd Nov 2021 | Adaptation, Review, United Kingdom

Remembering the months of lockdown, I can’t be the only person to thrill to this play’s opening...

“The Tragedy of Macbeth” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 28th Oct 2021 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

What does it take to stretch Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy to a runtime of over three hours? Not,...

John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 15th Dec 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

This Duchess of Malfi is a cool one. It is so cool that it has lost its gripping temper and, with...

Maxim Gorky’s “Vassa” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 25th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

“Our family doesn’t get on,” sneers the eponymous matriarch of Maxim Gorky’s Vassa, now playing at...

Robert Icke’s “The Doctor” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 5th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

“Crystal clear.” The adjective, repeated like a mantra in Robert Icke’s The Doctor, is charged...

Robert Icke’s “The Doctor” At The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

After six years, associate director Robert Icke bids farewell to the Almeida Theatre. In this...

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Jul 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

For a while, child abuse was banished from our stages. After all, there is a limit, surely, to how...

Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 24th May 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, United Kingdom

“I’m bored, bored, bored.” The refrain, occasionally spoken but frequently felt, is at the heart...

“Three Sisters” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th May 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

About a year ago, director Rebecca Frecknall electrified this venue with an award-winning revival...

Ella Hickson’s “The Writer” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th May 2018 | Acting, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Is there such a thing as female writing? In the 1980s, a group of women writers emerged who...

Mike Bartlett’s “Albion” at Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Prolific writer Mike Bartlett is the most impressive penman to have emerged in British theatre in...

“Ink” – Rupert Murdoch’s Tale of Success and Scandal, Now Playing at Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Jul 2017 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The recent general election result proves that the power of the rightwing press has diminished...

Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Martin Crimp’s 1993 satirical epic, The Treatment, is a fabulous work, but it’s rarely...

How Theatre Is Tackling The Biggest Issue of All: The Future of Our Planet

Posted by Sam Solnick | 23rd Oct 2016 | Essay, United Kingdom

Oil, Ella Hickson’s new play at the Almeida, begins in a bitingly cold Cornwall in 1889 when a...

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“Rhinoceros”, The Almeida Theatre

The Comeuppance, Almeida Theatre

Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre

“A Mirror” at Almeida Theatre

“The Chairs” at The Almeida Theatre

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre

“The Tragedy of Macbeth” at the Almeida Theatre

John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre

Maxim Gorky’s “Vassa” at the Almeida Theatre

Robert Icke’s “The Doctor” at the Almeida Theatre

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” at the Almeida Theatre

“Three Sisters” at The Almeida Theatre

Ella Hickson’s “The Writer” at The Almeida Theatre

Mike Bartlett’s “Albion” at Almeida Theatre

“Ink” – Rupert Murdoch’s Tale of Success and Scandal, Now Playing at Almeida Theatre

Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre

How Theatre Is Tackling The Biggest Issue of All: The Future of Our Planet

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