Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhy is comedy, in the words of the cliché, such a serious business? One reason is that what we laugh at says a lot about who we are as a nation; another is that the simple “joy of laughte…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Joe DiPietro’s cult hit is enjoyable enough, but rather predictable in both form and content.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:15AMSunday, November 6, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:34AMThursday, November 3, 2016
New play about a young working-class woman’s experiences in 1960s London is small, but inspirational.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:05PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, November 1, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:45PMMonday, October 31, 2016
Overdue revival of Howard Brenton’s mixed-up 1973 play is too messy and incoherent
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:15PMFriday, October 28, 2016
Revival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is more a musical triumph than a textual one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:57AMThursday, October 27, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:25AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Al Smith’s debut play about love, perversion and memory is both electrifying and emotionally satisfying.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:23AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:10AMMonday, October 24, 2016
Great revival of Caryl Churchill’s classic 1990s double bill is theatrically thrilling and emotionally true.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:25AMSunday, October 23, 2016
New short play about sex and shame is partly a campaign tool and partly a plea for openness and understanding.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, October 21, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:49AMThursday, October 20, 2016
David Hare’s latest is a superb adaptation of a Simenon thriller that is set in the United States.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:23AMTuesday, October 18, 2016
Q: How do you review a show that includes lines that ask “can my mouth swallow my mouth”? A: With difficulty, but I should be okay as long as I resist the temptation of being as surreal …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:08PMNew epic about mothers and daughters in the age of oil is wonderfully ambitious, but deeply unhistorical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45AMMonday, October 17, 2016
At first, I was a bit confused by the play’s title. After all, David Hare gave his 1998 adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde the moniker of The Blue Room, which coincidentally is t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:56PMSaturday, October 15, 2016
Great work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wallowing in its own Britishness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:33AMFriday, October 14, 2016
Twentieth-anniversary revival of 1990s zeitgeist play is flashy, loud and fun, but also lacks emotional connection
The post Shopping and F***ing, Lyric Hammersmith appeared first on Aleks S…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMThursday, October 13, 2016
The best way to line up the stars is to offer them a chance to act in a play about the theatre. For this, Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser has a good track record: its original West End outing…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:18PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Playwright Mark Ravenhill’s 1996 Royal Court debut was not the decade’s most shocking piece of theatre, but its title was, and is, certainly the one that troubles producers and publicist…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:36PMMonday, October 10, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMYesterday, I was extremely glad to attend the Wesker Celebration, which was organised by playwright David Edgar, professor Pamela Howard and publicist Anne Mayer, at the Royal Court.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:40AMSaturday, October 8, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:52AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Tom Hollander stars in fiendishly clever Stoppard classic which argues for the immortality of genius.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:05AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:17AMTuesday, October 4, 2016
Is this the most dazzling play of a dazzling playwright? First staged in 1974, Travesties is the one which manages to squeeze avant-garde novelist James Joyce, DaDa godfather Tristan Tzara a…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02PM 
