Monday, July 16, 2018
It takes quite a play to bring tears to my eyes but, then, The Play About My Dad – set around the true stories of those who experienced Hurricane Katrina – is quite a piece of writing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, June 22, 2018
So, do I like Machinal? Yes, I do. I think it’s extraordinary (and depressing as hell) that such contemporary relevance can be found in a ninety-year-old text.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, June 20, 2018
An Octoroon at the Dorfman Theatre at the National remains as incendiary as the day I first saw it. In fact, it has grown in magnificence.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, June 10, 2018
Sigh. Ok, this is going to hurt because I’m such a supporter of women creatives and want to fight for more opportunities for them but Julie is awful.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, June 8, 2018
Such a bleak, unexciting play is high risk, for sure. But if women’s lives are to be represented truthfully, then this is the risk that must be taken, and I applaud Emily Schwend for her b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, June 3, 2018
I really am incredibly excited about this month’s line up. And it was one of those months where it was a real battle to whittle the contenders down to my ten favourites.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, May 21, 2018
What an achievement Effigies of Wickedness is. I adored it. It lifted me, and it broke me. It’s a godsend, a wondrous co-production between the Gate and the English National Opera.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, May 8, 2018
Though it may lose its way, there is an ambition and complexity to The Writer – and an anger – that is worthy of its hype. It probably could have done with a bit more self-awareness, how…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, May 7, 2018
It is Alexandra Burke whose star shines brightest in this production of Chess. She oozes charisma and presence and at least she comes out of this show with her reputation not just intact but…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, May 5, 2018
Nine Night is a piece of feel-good theatre that continues the (at times, glacially slow) movement towards more diverse representation on stage and off.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
Though I may have had my grumbles with Strictly Ballroom, I couldn’t hear a single criticism from the crowd as they flooded back out into the London night after the show finished.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Joe White’s play Mayfly is telling us please, hang on. So much can happen in a day. And the most surprising acts of kindness and generosity can come from the most unsuspecting of sources.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, April 30, 2018
I’m loving the line-up for May so I’ve all my fingers crossed that you’ll find something in this list for you too.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, April 28, 2018
I would recommend anyone to see The Prudes, I really would. It is damn hard to be this damn funny. Believe me when I say you will enjoy this play. You may even love it, and I would totally g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
The Kite Runner is powerful and quite brilliant production that investigates the complexity of power balances between people – and how these can fluctuate and change on the toss of a coin …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, April 19, 2018
I have a love for shows with shiny, sparkly packaging that, underneath this tinsel, have a web of big issues and questions. Instructions for Correct Assembly is just that type of play.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, April 7, 2018
The magnificent The Inheritance is an impressive play from Matthew Lopez that examines the tangled lives of a close group of gay men living in contemporary New York, charting their ups and d…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTuesday, April 3, 2018
Spring is here (finally) and with any luck, we’ve seen the last of the snow so time to think about venturing out in our evenings, such as going to see some cracking theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, March 30, 2018
When it comes to looking at racism and what it is to be black, we are currently in a phase of importing US stories rather than encouraging and platform black British writers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, March 29, 2018
What a fascinating and critical examination of British identity as well as black identity Black Men Walking at the Royal Court is.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, March 26, 2018
Thanks to two blisteringly good performances from Kae Alexander and Kirsty as the two sisters, the key themes of faith, loyalty, and the role of sacrifice and self-sacrifice for the ones we …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, March 22, 2018
Be’er Cotton is powerful, heady stuff. The play is an adrenalin ride of fury, racism, broken family units, and video games packaged up with a soaring soundtrack.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, March 20, 2018
We need more representation from minority backgrounds, fewer white people, fewer middle/ upper-class reviewers, more representation from people with disabilities… If we don’t, theatre ju…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMMonday, March 19, 2018
Summer & Smoke is a production where the rich talents of all its creatives have come together to take something old and transform it into something fresh, revolutionary and utterly new …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSaturday, March 17, 2018
It is a huge credit to Josh Azouz that he has managed to wield and weave such fundamental truths about contemporary society into a play so damn surreal. Credit to him. And credit to the acto…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, March 15, 2018
Humble Boy is a play about life and about families, about how nothing can be certain no matter how hard we try. Not all our ambitions and hopes will be rewarded with stars and recognition. A…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, March 11, 2018
So, I’m sorry to say that the starry Olivier-platformed NT production of Macbeth is a dull disappointment. For me, I couldn’t find a single element that worked.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, March 10, 2018
So, there’s promise, for sure. But the fact that I can condense much of what the creative arts has explicitly offered on depression into one short blog means that there is still much more …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 1, 2018
There’s this terrible balance between keeping the list short enough to hold attention but making sure great shows get shared. Hence why I’ve been defeated here, yet again, and we have a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, February 27, 2018
Dust is an extremely good production – fresh, original and with a potent spirit. One that leaves a scar, for sure.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, February 22, 2018
Now, straight off the bat, this isn’t a dig at Rufus. No, that’s not what this blog is about. Rather, it’s some comparably small suggestions that I think could bring about real meaning…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM 
