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“The Divine Mrs S,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2024 | Documentary Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

British theatre’s love of theatre about theatre offers a chance for some moments of meta, but do...

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Books, London, Review, United Kingdom

Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...

Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at The Kiln Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

In one lifetime, the many loves that once dared not speak their names have become part of everyday...

Danai Gurira’s “The Convert” at The Young Vic: Religion and Colonialism

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well....

Joy Wilkinson’s “The Sweet Science Of Bruising” at The Southwark Playhouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

There are not that many plays about sport, but, whether you gamble on results or not, you can bet...

“Imperium” at The Gielgud Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Jul 2018 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

History repeats itself. This much we know. In the 1980s, under a Tory government obsessed with...

“Pressure” at The Park Theatre: New Play on D-Day

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2018 | Acting, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

There are few things more British than talking about the weather. What makes this play about a...

“Daisy Pulls It Off” at The Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jan 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

History is a good place to talk about our contemporary concerns. And British theatre loves plays...

“The Secret Theatre” at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Dec 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Who will watch the watchers? As Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, says, in...

“The Slaves Of Solitude” at The Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The Second World War is central to our national imagination, yet it has been oddly absent from our...

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Tag: history plays

“The Divine Mrs S,” Hampstead Theatre

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at The Kiln Theatre

Danai Gurira’s “The Convert” at The Young Vic: Religion and Colonialism

Joy Wilkinson’s “The Sweet Science Of Bruising” at The Southwark Playhouse

“Imperium” at The Gielgud Theatre

“Pressure” at The Park Theatre: New Play on D-Day

“Daisy Pulls It Off” at The Park Theatre

“The Secret Theatre” at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

“The Slaves Of Solitude” at The Hampstead Theatre

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