Big Fatuous Giant
Mark Rosenblatt’s new play Giant is a sensational, admirable, and courageous effort to Make...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 10th Apr 2026 | New York, Review, United States of America
Mark Rosenblatt’s new play Giant is a sensational, admirable, and courageous effort to Make...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Oct 2024 | Books, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Roald Dahl evokes mixed feelings. He’s one of the greatest children’s storytellers, whose macabre...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Oct 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
When the history of British theatre’s response to COVID-19 comes to be written, the names of two...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Maggie Smith is not only a national treasure but every casting director’s go-to “old bat” (her...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Mar 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, London, Puppetry, Review, United Kingdom
In the days after the widespread commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the end of the first...
Read MorePosted by Holly Williams | 30th Jul 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Here’s a chorus line with a difference: the geriatric ward of an under-threat Yorkshire hospital,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jul 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Age, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
The NHS is us. For decades our national identity has been bandaged together with the idea, and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Feb 2018 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review
“Two things only the people anxiously desire—bread and circuses,” said the Roman poet Juvenal. He...
Read MorePosted by Conrad Landin | 24th Feb 2018 | London, News, Playwriting, United Kingdom
Alan Bennett’s next play will focus on an NHS hospital threatened with closure thanks to...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Feb 2017 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
This year has got off to a very slow start, with exciting new British plays being exceedingly...
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