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 08:32AMFinally 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 07:32PM<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 06:06AM<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 06:06AMIt 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 12:35PMFlorencia 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 10:00AMMiriam 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 09:12AMJulie 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 07:36AMAlexandra 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 06:50AMEveryone 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 08:53AMSabrina 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 07:48AMSamuel 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 06:49AMThe 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 09:46AMBirmingham, 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 12:34PMThe 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 06:24AMTwo 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 10:25AMThere’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 11:50AMFor 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 06:12AM“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 07:51AMThe 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 05:30AMIncoming 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 11:30AMA 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 10:34AMEmma 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 12:24PMConceived 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 05:40AMUgliness 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 06:34AMSam 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 12:28PM‘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…
Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 07:44AM"Not a cosy play, this" - Ava Wong Davies writes on Pinter's study of adultery, staged with icy persuasiveness by Jamie Lloyd. The post Review: Betrayal at Harold Pinter Theatre appeared fir…
Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 06:37AMPure artifice: Ava Wong Davies writes on Ivo van Hove's stylish, performative recasting of the backstage movie. The post Review: All About Eve at Noël Coward Theatre appeared first on Exeun…
Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 06:17AM'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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