“The Hoes” at The Hampstead Theatre
Because of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Nov 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Because of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Sep 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
A couple of nights ago, I went, for the first time, to the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch, which is...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jun 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Forget about dark alleys, deserted parks and slippery slopes: the most dangerous place in the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jun 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom
Playwright Martin Crimp began his career by writing surreal short plays that hinted at his love of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th May 2018 | Acting, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Is there such a thing as female writing? In the 1980s, a group of women writers emerged who...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th May 2018 | Acting, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Apr 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Many years ago, your time at school might even have been some of the happiest days of your...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Apr 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Every great playwright has to have both an identifiable style and the ability to innovate and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Apr 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Love may well be the strongest four-letter word, but what is the latest news from the front line...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Feb 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
It’s the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Finborough Arms pub, so Neil McPherson, artistic...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Jan 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...
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