Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 4th Feb 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
Read MorePosted by Tim Bale | 15th Oct 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
If you’re looking for subtlety and sophistication, Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony! The Tony...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Jun 2023 | Latest, London, Review, United Kingdom
Polymath Philip Ridley has a rare superpower — he able to consistently astonish both audiences and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2023 | Adaptation, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd May 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Although the current government has blundered through both Brexit and the pandemic, and is now...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Dec 2021 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
After lockdown, the stage monologue saved British theatre. At venue after venue, cash-strapped...
Read MorePosted by Steve Waters | 4th Dec 2021 | Covid-19, Essay, United Kingdom
Indoor theatre is back. Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I’ve seen two packed shows...
Read MorePosted by Miranda Laurence | 20th Jul 2020 | Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom
This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. In a moment of freedom...
Read MorePosted by Miranda Laurence | 15th Jul 2020 | Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom
This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. At the moment, my...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Last week, I went for the first time to Stoke Newington’s Tower Theatre, whose company has since...
Read MorePosted by Ella Parry-Davies | 19th Dec 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Lebanon, News, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia, United Kingdom
I’m not apologizing: this is going to take time. Visit a website. Choose an image: of a bag of...
Read MorePosted by Julia Secklehner | 11th Oct 2019 | Czech Republic, London, Musical Theatre, Review
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet revolution the Czech Centre brings to...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
The rewriting of Ancient Greek myth offers a way of creating contemporary stories that have a deep...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 17th Nov 2018 | Festivals, News, Transcultural Collaborations, Uganda
The venue is the Uganda Museum and performances from Kenya, India, Iran, UK, USA and the host nation will be staged. Below are teasers of some of the scheduled performances.
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 14th Oct 2018 | Adaptation, Essay, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon’s new show, Medusa, is a multiple and composite piece of art that is...
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