Wednesday, October 3, 2018
David Suchet, image copyright Marc Brenner The Lover / The Collection by Harold Pinter – Pinter Theatre, London Both these plays, part of Jamie Lloyd’s ingenious idea for a compl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, September 23, 2018
It is in the telling of the tales, though, that Arabian Nights really comes alive. Iris Theatre uses a spectacular array of puppets, from a towering, glowing-eyed King Shahryar to birds, shi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, September 19, 2018
Stefano Massini’s work about the origins of Lehman Brothers Bank is a domestic epic and a remarkable evening of theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, August 26, 2018
David Ireland’s play Ulster American, about a Hollywood actor arriving in Britain to play the lead in a play by an Ulster Protestant writer, is a riot.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, August 25, 2018
DUPed is a low-key but important monologue, fascinating in itself but something that also feels like the notes for something bigger to come.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, August 24, 2018
Prehistoric is an impressive drama, which delivers a forgotten history as part of a compelling account of growing up, physically, culturally and politically.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, August 23, 2018
Writers Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair have strong Edinburgh records, and they join together at Summerhall for a play which generates serious late night energy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
Antosh Wojcik is a poet and a drummer, an unusual but logical combination. In his one-man Summerhall show, he brings his skills to a performance that is highly distinctive – both experimen…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, August 21, 2018
Ed Edwards’ new play The Political History of Smack & Crack takes the hopeless territory of addiction, a never-ending round of petty crime, near death, recovery and decline, and place…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, August 13, 2018
Ontroerend Goed may be based in Belgium, but their varied and inventive work is an invaluable part of the British theatre scene. Their show £¥€$ (Lies), a hit at last year’s Edinburgh …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, July 31, 2018
The National Theatre brings a fascinating cast to Exit the King, the story of King Berenger, who has lived and ruled for 400 years. He is played by Rhys Ifans, a wild and unruly actor who is…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, July 26, 2018
Playing at her spiritual home, the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, Maxine Peake’s play about women and the mines is both a political corrective and a highly entertaining night out.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, July 16, 2018
Already a writer and theatre-maker of note, Daisycampbell’s one-woman show about her father Ken confirms her as touched by inherited genius, but with her own, exceptional ability to hold a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, July 6, 2018
Boxman is compelling, urgent and humane theatre about the trauma and terror hidden in plain sight on our streets. It is also an exceptionally high-quality piece, from a confident creative te…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, June 19, 2018
Louise Coulthard’s writing is of a very high quality, and a play that could have been worthy or predictable in different hands is moving, complex and real. Cockamany is a true delight, and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, June 14, 2018
An entirely contemporary play, Machinal presents themes that are as current on the stage now as they were in Treadwell’s time. The Almeida’s excellent production should do a great deal t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, April 22, 2018
Spiked is an intriguing collaboration between women, with all-female cast and creatives, but lacks the subtlety or the focus to deliver the impact it clearly intends.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, April 10, 2018
Arinzé Kene is an exceptional performer, who clearly has the makings of a star. If he can make such an ambitious, complex and individual show work, it will be fascinating to see what he doe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, April 5, 2018
As a progressive company, Ramps on the Moon is leading the way by showing what inclusive theatre looks like. It is encouraging that this fundamental innovation is coming from regional UK the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, March 28, 2018
There is much to like and enjoy about this production of Macbeth, including inventive performances and strong ideas. However, Rufus Norris should probably play to his strengths as a director…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, March 21, 2018
In adding herself to the short list of actors who’ve tackled Not I, Jess Thom has made a powerful statement, one which challenges conceptions of what theatre is, and what it can do.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, March 14, 2018
Jubilee is an uneven experience by its nature, but the success of the evening can be judged in the reaction of the audience. It was made for them, and they love it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMTuesday, February 20, 2018
The Ferryman feels like a play from a different time rather than the future of British, or Irish, theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, February 15, 2018
The title of Annie Baker’s new play, John, is the epitome of the ordinary but turns out to be quite the opposite. The piece is essential to understanding the excitement new writing can gen…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, February 13, 2018
Arnika at the Bridewell Theatre offers a cultural bridge to the perspectives and performing styles of a European theatre we are in danger of forgetting, along with much else. Théâtre Voli�…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, February 6, 2018
Ian Rickson’s excellent production at the Harold Pinter Theatre demonstrates, without a shadow of a doubt, why The Birthday Party deserves its classic status.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 2, 2018
After Chivaree Circus’ No Show last year which highlighted the frustrations of female circus artists, the presence of such skilled performers in Becoming Shades at the VAULT Festival, a pi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, January 31, 2018
What makes KEN really work is the feeling that we have been granted a genuine glimpse of the real Ken Campbell, a rare insight into why he mattered. Johnson’s play at The Bunker does not j…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, January 15, 2018
Jessica Lazar’s production of East is imaginatively directed, satisfyingly choreographed and acted with commitment by a talented cast within the tight boundaries of the King’s Head Theat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThursday, January 4, 2018
Wilton’s is perhaps the most atmospheric theatre in the country, a miraculously preserved jewel box of a space, fringed with flaked plaster and precariously supported on barley sugar colum…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
The action is tightly choreographed, with the nine-strong cast playing multiple characters in a black and white world, wearing black and white costumes and performing in black box speckled w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM 
