crisis of masculinity Archives

“Sessions”, Soho Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Dec 2021 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

After lockdown, the stage monologue saved British theatre. At venue after venue, cash-strapped...

Williams and Dyer’s “Death of England,” National Theatre

Posted 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...

David Baddiel’s “God’s Dice” at the Soho Theatre: Mid-Life Crisis as Science Confronts Religion

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Nov 2019 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Religion, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

One of the great cultural divides is that between religion and science. Of course, as novels such...

Richard Gadd’s “Baby Reindeer” at The Bush Theatre: An Obsessive Story About Obsession

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Oct 2019 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

True stories, even in a fictional form, have the power to grip you by the throat, furiously shake...

Martin Askew’s “There Is A Field” at The Theatre 503: Modern Conversion Play

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Mar 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

The events of 9/11 were a global wake-up call — and that includes theatre. In the wake of the War...

“The Unreturning” at The Theatre Royal Stratford East

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Nadia Fall is a good thing. Her appointment as the artistic director of this venue, with her first...

Mark Ravenhill’s “The Cane” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping And...

Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Oct 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, Scotland, United Kingdom

English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...

“Caterpillar” at The Theatre 503

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Sep 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Theatre 503 is a small underfunded fringe venue, but it’s one of the most important nurseries of...

“Fatherland” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Masculinity in Crisis

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Jun 2018 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Masculinity, whether toxic or in crisis (but never ever problem-free), is a hardy perennial...

Anthony Neilson’s “The Prudes” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...

“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Feb 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...

Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Feb 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Do boys never leave the playground? Just when I was reasonably sure that the crisis of masculinity...

Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Bad Roads” at The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom

War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...

Tag: crisis of masculinity

“Sessions”, Soho Theatre

Williams and Dyer’s “Death of England,” National Theatre

David Baddiel’s “God’s Dice” at the Soho Theatre: Mid-Life Crisis as Science Confronts Religion

Richard Gadd’s “Baby Reindeer” at The Bush Theatre: An Obsessive Story About Obsession

Martin Askew’s “There Is A Field” at The Theatre 503: Modern Conversion Play

“The Unreturning” at The Theatre Royal Stratford East

Mark Ravenhill’s “The Cane” at The Royal Court

Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre

“Caterpillar” at The Theatre 503

“Fatherland” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Masculinity in Crisis

Anthony Neilson’s “The Prudes” at The Royal Court

“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court

Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre

Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Bad Roads” at The Royal Court Theatre

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