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“The Haunting of Susan A” at The King’s Head Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 14th Jun 2022 | Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Konrad: Hello, I’m Konrad. I’m here to share an account of the production of Mark Ravenhill’s The...

“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy” at Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Apr 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...

“Moreno,” Theatre503

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

When do you have to take a stand? What compels you to do it? And what are the costs involved?...

“Ghosts Of The Titanic,” Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Apr 2022 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

You can’t keep a great playwright down. Ron Hutchinson, whose award-winning stage plays, such as...

“Blood Brothers” Tells a Tangled Tale of Nature Versus Nurture

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th Apr 2022 | Japan, Musical Theatre, Review

It’s an age-old question: Which is more important in determining the course of our lives, nature...

“Peggy For You,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd Feb 2022 | Directing, London, Management, Review, United Kingdom

Peggy Ramsay is a theater legend. Around the time of her death in 1991, the Australian-born agent...

“Trouble In Mind,” National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jan 2022 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The National Theatre has a good record in staging classic American drama by black playwrights....

How Enid Blyton Created the Template for Children’s Theatre in Britain

Posted by Andrew Maunder | 8th Jan 2022 | Essay, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom

Head to London’s West End and you are likely to find all sorts of plays for families, inspired by...

The Normal Heart, National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Nov 2021 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Hypocrisy. Is this the right word? I don’t mean the play, but the audience. Of course, in the...

“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,...

“Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a dragon”: A Virtual Promenade between Two Migrant Fates

Posted by Yizhou Zhang | 4th Sep 2021 | China, Festivals, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, Transmedia, United Kingdom

Running Aug 24-29 at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe, Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a...

“Harm” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jun 2021 | Review, United Kingdom

After months (and months) of watching theatre on screens large, medium, small and tiny, I...

About “The Separation”

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th May 2021 | London, Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom

The camera can take you to places where the naked eye rarely goes. Like close. Very close. Close...

Towards a New Language of Theatre

Posted by Oliver Farry | 15th Apr 2021 | Festivals, Hong Kong, News, Theatre and Disability

In a year when a previously unknown virus spread like wildfire across the globe, theatre was...

About “Living Newspaper”: A Counter Narrative

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Feb 2021 | Acting, Covid-19, Review, United Kingdom

Read all about it! Well, maybe not. Maybe more like: live the news and then watch it streamed....

“A Christmas Carol”at The Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Dec 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom

A Christmas Carol is a seasonal standard. In a normal year, there are a couple of versions to be...

Review of “Spring Cleaning,” Arlington Road, London

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Aug 2020 | Devised Theatre, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Can the act of dusting be a metaphor? This is the all-too-obvious question that jumps into the...

Zoom Play: “Midnight Your Time” at The Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 29th May 2020 | London, Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom

During the lockdown, the best online theatre, more or less, are shows that are specially created...

“Gators” at Tramp Productions

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd May 2020 | Review, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom

She’s an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn’t know what to think. After all, things are...

“United Queendom”: When Immersive Theatre Meets Historical Reenactment Tour

Posted by Aida Rocci | 5th Mar 2020 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United States of America

United Queendom shines with potential. The location itself offers the thrill of being after hours in a royal palace, the expectations of whispers and court intrigue. Queen Caroline and Henrietta Howard bring a captivating tale and Les Enfants Terribles have a relevant lens to approach it and a bold aesthetic to make a memorable event. But I wished I had been part more of an immersive show than of a historical tour.