Theatre
“Tragic but thought provoking”, ‘An Enemy of the People’: Review
Ibsen has re-entered the drama scene with the current production of his classic play An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York theatre this spring. With big...
“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King
It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed...
The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue
'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'
Dynamic, Chaotic and Physical: Review of Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis
"Frantic Assembly takes on a new challenge, taking a decades old Kafka novel, The Metamorphosis, and putting it to the stage in their signature physical theatre style."
Mature and Intelligent: Julius Caesar at the TS Eliot Review
"From start to finish, it was a show filled with excellent performances from leading cast members."
Review: The Radio Show at the End of the World
"An exceptionally entertaining listen"
Returning to my favourite play: Dancing at Lughnasa
If we’re not watching Saoirse Ronan star in her latest feature film, we’re quoting Derry Girls from memory or fetishing Connell’s chain and fan-girling...
Review: The Madness of George III
Alan Bennett’s acclaimed 1991 exploration of George III’s first bout of mental illness and the constitutional crisis it triggered is reborn in this National...
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ follows four main plots: the wedding of the king of Athens; the complicated love affairs between four young Athenians;...
Navigating the Theatre Interval
Intervals. I know you have been dying to read an article about them for as long as you can remember, so I’ll put you...
Blasted: Sarah Kane’s Vision Today
Trigger Warnings- Rape and Violence
Sarah Kane’s first play, Blasted, begins with the ageing Ian grooming his young girlfriend Cate in an expensive hotel room....
Ballet: bewitching, beautiful, bold
I have loved ballet all my life. Since day one it has been
filled with Barbie ballet DVDs, ballet dolls and of course ballet lessons.
While...
An unhealthy obsession? The cult of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’
I must confess – I am quite obsessed with Cats.
Not the animal, of course, but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s seminal
1981 musical and the 2019 film...
Coriolanus: Review
Coriolanus is set in the early stages of the Roman republic, in the midst of plebeian revolts for grain. Caius Marcius (Tom Hiddleston), nicknamed...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Interview
Video may have killed the radio star, but Jazz Hands Productions’ radio play A Midsummer Night’s Dream aims towards resurrection, encouraging audiences to “escape...
Review: The Globe’s Macbeth
Touted as one of their ‘relaxed performances’, the Globe’s Macbeth seeks to “break down walls to cultural access and empower teenagers to develop their...
“I don’t want realism, I want magic”: NT Live’s A Streetcar Named Desire
“Don’t you just love these long rainy
afternoons when an hour isn’t just an hour—but a whole little piece of
eternity dropped into your hands—and...
Being True to the Book
Adapting books for the stage or screen seems to be completely irresistible. We are compelled to take words on a page and transform them...
Are we blind to the need for blind casting?
Perhaps the biggest debate surrounding ‘gender-blind and colour-blind’ casting (with which actors are cast regardless of the traditional race/gender of their role) is the...
