Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing at the Old Vic: Spirited and Highly Enjoyable Revival of Semi-Autobiographical Love Drama
Adultery is the great staple of modern British playwriting. The anguish of marriage, and the...
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Miriam Battye’s Strategic Love Play At The Soho Theatre: Mixture Of Laughter, Pain And Insight Into Contemporary Romance
Remember what a first date feels like? Awkward. Exciting. Awkward. Intriguing. Awkward. Difficult....
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Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” At The National Theatre: Non-White Cast Bring A New Energy To This Contemporary Classic
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international...
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A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
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Irish theatre company Restless Ecstasy’s production of New Zealand modern classic Skin Tight retains its tension in Dublin showing.
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Sarah Kosar’s “Armadillo” at The Yard Theatre
An armadillo is a small mammal, but this is not a play about the amazing relative of the anteater....
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“Garry” at The White Bear Theatre
In the programme notes, director Graham Watts states, “there are hundreds of astonishing plays...
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“Lo (Or Der Mr. Wells)”: Rose Napoli And David Mamet Clash In This Fine Production Dealing With Troubling Ethical Questions..
A two-hander by Rose Napoli that has been given a fine production at the GCTC thanks to director...
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Ross Willis’s”Wolfie” at The Theatre 503: Nurture vs. Nature Debate
Every fairy tale is a cauldron of emotion. These are tales that steam with resentments flare-up in...
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“The Phlebotomist” at The Hampstead Theatre
Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys...
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Kieran Hurley’s “Mouthpiece” At The Soho Theatre: Feast Of Meta-Theatre
There are plenty of plays in which a character finds their own voice. But what about stories which...
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East Meets West In An English Retelling Of “The Legend Of The White Snake”
Why We Recommend it The opera Madame White Snake tells the story of a demon’s incessant pursuit of...
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“Alys, Always” at The Bridge Theatre
Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual...
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“Cougar” at The Orange Tree Theatre
Okay, let’s start with a definition: “Cougar: an older woman who actively seeks the casual, often...
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Traditional Storytelling Meets New Media Activism In Iran
In the summer of 2015, I conducted fieldwork in Tehran and Qom, Iran, with a small team of...
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“Tiny Dynamite” at Old Red Lion Theatre
The marvelous is a dangerous place. Especially in memory. Today I still remember seeing the first...
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David Eldridge’s “Beginning” at The National Theatre
One defining characteristic of Englishness is social awkwardness, and its emotional register is an...
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“Jane Eyre” at the National Theatre
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they...
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“Unstable,” A Great Play That Begins Where It Ends
Unstable is the story of an improbable love between a king and possibly one of the lowliest of his...
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Love: The Simplest, Hardest Thing to Talk About
It would be easier for North and South Korea to reunite under one flag than for two human beings...
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