“Three Sisters” at The Almeida Theatre
About a year ago, director Rebecca Frecknall electrified this venue with an award-winning revival...
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“Pah-La” at The Royal Court
Theatre can give a voice to the voiceless — but at what cost? Abhishek Majumdar, who debuted at...
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“Superhoe” at The Royal Court: Nicôle Lecky’s One-Woman Debut
Titles matter: they send out messages. So, in the current #MeToo climate, isn’t it a bit...
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David Ireland’s “Cyprus Avenue” At The Royal Court
With Brexit and Northern Ireland constantly in the news, the timeliness of this play is not in...
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Mark Ravenhill’s “The Cane” at The Royal Court
Playwright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping And...
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Who Is The Greatest Living British Playwright?
There is a simple dinner-party game that can be played at no ostensible cost. The host asks, “Who...
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“Hole” at The Royal Court
Dates: November 28-January 12 Writer: Ellie Kendrick Directors: Helen Goalen and Abbi...
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Ellie Kendrick’s “Hole” at The Royal Court
Actor Ellie Kendrick is a familiar face on television, but it’s as a writer that she reveals the...
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debbie tucker green’s “ear for eye” At The Royal Court
Two countries; two histories. Being black in the US; being black in the UK. Compare and contrast....
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David Edgar’s “Trying It On” At The Royal Court
Playwright David Edgar is lucky. To begin with, he appreciates his luck in having been born in...
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Robert Alan Evans’s “The Woods” at The Royal Court
Blackout. Dark, the color of childhood fear. Black, the color of despair. Black. No light visible;...
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Debris Stevenson’s “Poet In Da Corner” at The Royal Court
There was once a time when grime music was very angry and very threatening, but that seems a long...
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“One For Sorrow” at The Royal Court
It’s the stuff of nightmares. There’s a massive explosion, the sound of smashing glass, falling...
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Anthony Neilson’s “The Prudes” at The Royal Court
Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...
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“Instructions For Correct Assembly” at The Royal Court: New British Sci-Fi Theatre
There’s a whole universe which British theatre has yet to explore properly—it’s called the sci-fi...
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“Black Men Walking” at The Royal Court: Ordinary Folk Doing Ordinary Thing
In the same week that Arinzé Kene’s Misty, a play that passionately questions the clichés of...
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“Gundog” at The Royal Court
First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...
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“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court
This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...
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“My Mum’s A Twat” at The Royal Court
What a brilliant title! Yes, this one must be up there with the likes of Jim Cartwright’s I Licked...
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“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era
Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...
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