Samuel Bailey’s “Shook” at Southwark Playhouse
The winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize, Shook by Samuel Bailey offers a glimpse into...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 8th Nov 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize, Shook by Samuel Bailey offers a glimpse into...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 31st Oct 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America
“Wily, slippery thing.” “Spiky little animal.” “One long nightmare.” These are the phrases that...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 29th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
There is no denying that Cary Churchill is the greatest living British playwright. So, what you...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Alexander Zeldin’s new play arrives at the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage with a title...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Many a dramatist has imagined what happens to Nora after she slams the door at the end of Ibsen’s...
Read MorePosted by Matthew McMahan | 7th Dec 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, United States of America
Michael Cristofer’s “Man in the Ring” is a memory play that hits on an emotional level in a way that is hard to shake.
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Nov 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
How do you judge artistic excellence? Is there such a thing as an objectively brilliant musician,...
Read MorePosted by Trevor Boffone | 20th Jul 2018 | Chicago, Review, United States of America
Everyone has a bad roommate story. Whether it was your college roommate or your little sister...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Harry Potter has a lot to answer for. The phenomenal success of JK Rowling’s books, and of their...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Sep 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Anyone who likes playing “Spot the weirdo” will find themselves instantly at home in Howard...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Sep 2017 | India, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Gandhi has a lot to answer for. I don’t mean the saintly campaigner for Indian independence, who...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Aug 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jun 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Dorothy Parker’s take on suicide is called “Resumé”: it goes, “Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;...
Read MorePosted by Peter Andersen | 10th Jun 2017 | Collaborating Across Cultures
It is almost trite to list the assortment of horrors presented in the American news lately. Each morning now involves the morbid task of opening the New York Times to find out which awful event- or statement- occurred over the...
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