Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
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“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic
Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...
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“Further Than the Furthest Thing” at the Young Vic
Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember...
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Speaking from Outside: Interview with Olga Voronkova
Olga Voronkova is a London-based, Belarusian video editor, scriptwriter, copywriter, and producer...
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James Graham’s “Best of Enemies” at the Noël Coward Theatre
TV is a strange medium, but James Graham is no stranger to its toxic charm. London audiences have...
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“Who Killed My Father,” Young Vic
‘If this were a text for the theatre, here is how it would begin’ – these are the opening words of...
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“Chasing Hares” at the Young Vic
While Britain is experiencing a “summer of discontent”, with inflation, strikes and other...
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“Best of Enemies,” Young Vic
At the end of the 1960s, American soul poet Gil Scott-Heron said that the revolution will not be...
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Review: “A Streetcar Named Desire” At The Young Vic
The National Theatre’s triumphant march through its archive of NT Live recordings continues this...
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Stef Smith’s “Nora: A Doll’s House” at the Young Vic
A woman walks into her home. Then does another. And another. Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House is...
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Jackie Sibblies Drury’s “Fairview” at the Young Vic
Fairview is a scorching minefield that looks like a green meadow. At long last, London audiences...
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Tribalism, Tragedy and Torment: Yaël Farber’s “Blood Wedding” at the Young Vic
Federico García Lorca’s rural trilogy, written in the period between 1932 and 1936 as social...
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Setting The Stage For Climate Change: Place
The Mayor of London’s 2008 practical guide to “Green Theatre” reported that the total...
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Danai Gurira’s “The Convert” at The Young Vic: Religion and Colonialism
Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well....
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Shaina Taub’s “Twelfth Night” At The Young Vic
If music be the food of fun, play on! In fact, give me excess of it, surfeit even. If this is how...
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Four Directors Give Four Reasons To Be Graeae
To mark the launch of Graeae’s new book, Reasons to Be Graeae, which charts the history of the...
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“The Jungle” at The Young Vic: New Immersive Docu-Drama
Refugees, it is said, have no nationality—they are all individuals. This new docu-drama, The...
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“The Suppliant Women” at The Young Vic
Asylum is one of the most emotive words in the English language. It evokes valleys of pain,...
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Kwame Kwei-Armah Has Been Named New Artistic Director Of The Young Vic
“You’re told you can’t do this. I’ve tried to go: yes we can.” The new artistic director of...
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“Yerma” at The Young Vic.
Yerma in London, as the subtitle states, is a contemporary adaptation of Federico García...
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