Sunday, December 13, 2020
As dazzling as the iconic show may be, it fails to fulfil its aim of portraying Henry VIII’s wives as individual women with beating hearts
Linked From The Independent at 08:32AMWednesday, December 9, 2020
Finally performed on the socially distanced main stage space, Alice Hamilton’s production of Pinter’s one-act play is fittingly, uncannily claustrophobic
Linked From The Independent at 07:32PMTuesday, October 6, 2020
<p>Jonathan O’Boyle’s beautifully judged production has now been remounted for the Covid age, with Perspex dividers between each seat</p>
Linked From The Independent at 06:06AMTuesday, September 1, 2020
<p>It seems sometimes like writer David Hare is attempting to explain the situation to someone who has completely missed the pandemic — rather than engage with an audience who are li…
Linked From The Independent at 06:06AMFriday, March 13, 2020
It wouldn’t be fair to just call Freedom Hi 自由閪 a play. A collection of writing and performance by several UK-based Hong
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThursday, February 6, 2020
Florencia Cordeu’s family history is etched on to cassette tapes. An aural (or perhaps oral) history imprinted into plastic and tape, which
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:00AMWednesday, January 22, 2020
Miriam Battye’s London Royal Court debut is a springy, if wobbly, exploration of contemporary womanhood. In an effort to extricate themselves from
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:12AMFriday, January 17, 2020
Julie Tsang’s psychological thriller exists in the shadows. As Kevin, a seemingly amiable young repairman, attempts to patch-up the shambling, elderly Li
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:36AMWednesday, January 8, 2020
Alexandra Wood’s new play is the equivalent of flipping through a family photo album. It’s a rush of snapshot moments that layer
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:50AMThursday, December 12, 2019
Everyone loves a party. Gary and Nicky are throwing one for Mark at their flat – except Gary’s boss, Victoria, has tagged
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:53AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
Sabrina Mahfouz is quick to undercut A History of Water in the Middle East’s affected title. “Highly condensed and highly edited”, she
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:48AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
Samuel Gallet’s adaptation of Klaus Mann’s 1936 novel tracks the rise of far-right ideology in an unnamed European country through the lens
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:49AMMonday, October 7, 2019
The final part of Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas’ unofficial trilogy – following Eurohouse and Palmyra – once again sees them exploring
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:46AMMonday, September 30, 2019
Birmingham, 1979, and “British music’s become a battleground for a race war,” Robin French’s gig-theatre piece tells us. Denise (a winsome Lauren
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:34PMMonday, September 23, 2019
The bright yellows soaking Shida’s promotional material might lead you to believe that it’s a feel-good shot of sunshine in the dank
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:24AMTuesday, September 17, 2019
Two lost souls meet in an anonymous hotel room. Lucia, an unhappily married businesswoman, has paid Angel, a visually impaired young man,
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:25AMFriday, September 6, 2019
There’s magic to be found deep in the bowels of Alexandra Palace. At least, that’s what RIFT’s production would like you to
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:50AMFriday, July 19, 2019
For a play all about relationships, Ryan Craig’s Games for Lovers has an astonishing lack of heart. It follows the trials and
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:12AMMonday, July 8, 2019
“It’s your actions that make you white, not your skin colour,” a character heatedly tells Gabriel Bisset-Smith’s Lysander at the climax of
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:51AMThursday, July 4, 2019
The power of Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray’s 2004 musical, based on Alice Walker’s seminal tale of black womanhood and
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:30AMWednesday, June 26, 2019
Incoming Festival was started by two critics Eleanor Turney and Jake Orr. They tell Ava Wong Davies about supporting mid-career artists, engaging
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:30AMMonday, June 3, 2019
A streak of pain runs through Simon Stephens’ 2004 play. Taking the form of an elliptical series of duologues, Country Music drops
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:34AMFriday, May 31, 2019
Emma Hemingford’s intriguing debut play sets out to explore traditional heteronormative gender roles through the lens of one couple’s relationship. In Flinch,
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:24PMThursday, May 23, 2019
Conceived after writer and actor Nyla Levy became frustrated with the types of ‘jihadi bride’ roles afforded to Muslim actresses, Does My
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:40AMFriday, May 17, 2019
Ugliness runs through Anchuli Felicia King’s play. White Pearl is a scathing, gleefully nasty corporate satire set in the Singapore headquarters of
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:34AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Sam Steiner’s hit Edinburgh fringe show takes the form of a tightly written dystopian two-hander depicting a couple’s response to a new
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:28PMThursday, March 21, 2019
‘Pulled out of the gut, steaming and red and alive’: Ava Wong Davies writes a response to Rachel De-Lahay and Milli Bhatia’s festival of letters, which engages with racial tensions and…
Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 07:48AM'Pulled out of the gut, steaming and red and alive': Ava Wong Davies writes a response to Rachel De-Lahay and Milli Bhatia's festival of letters, which engages with racial tensions and white…
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"Not a cosy play, this" - Ava Wong Davies writes on Pinter's study of adultery, staged with icy persuasiveness by Jamie Lloyd.
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Pure artifice: Ava Wong Davies writes on Ivo van Hove's stylish, performative recasting of the backstage movie.
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'That little jump in the stomach at seeing your body onstage, accompanied by a desire for something more': Ava Wong Davies responds to Jennifer Tang's exploration of British-Chinese identity…
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