Remembering Joan Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002)
Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...
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Tag: Epic theatre
Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at The Kiln Theatre
In one lifetime, the many loves that once dared not speak their names have become part of everyday...
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“The Half God Of Rainfall” at The Kiln Theatre: A Galaxy-Hopping Mythological Mash-up
If British theatre often seems to lack ambition, the same cannot be said of The Half God Of...
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Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn
New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...
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Vinay Patel’s “An Adventure”: An Epic Reading of One Asian Family’s Global Migration Story
Director Madani Younis, who since 2011 has transformed the Bush Theatre in West London into one of...
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“Imperium” at The Gielgud Theatre
History repeats itself. This much we know. In the 1980s, under a Tory government obsessed with...
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“Genesis Inc” at The Hampstead Theatre
We are now pretty familiar with the idea that human reproduction (making babies) has been turned...
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“The Strange Death Of John Doe” at The Hampstead Theatre
Regular air travel is a hassle. All that queuing, all that security, all those hot halls, and then...
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Cross-cultural Encounters In World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, The “Alienation” Effect And Chinese Drama
The German playwright and drama theorist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is particularly famous for...
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“The Great Wave” at The National Theatre: True Stories of Japanese People Abducted by the North Korean Regime
Until very recently British theatre has been pretty poor at representing the stories of Chinese...
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lan Ayckbourn’s “The Divide” at The Old Vic
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn basically comes in two flavors: suburban comedies of embarrassment and...
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