Return of one-woman show about growing up is disappointingly thin Success smells sweet. The Bridge Theatre’s pioneering season of one-person plays continues with sell-out performances of D…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:48PMMasterly revival of Inua Ellams’s 2016 autobiographical one-man show When the history of British theatre’s response to COVID-19 comes to be written, the names of two men will feature pro…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:06AMSimon Stephens and Juliet Stevenson create the perfect installation for our times Wowee! Twenty weeks after the last time I set foot in a theatre, I was able to visit a venue once more. Hell…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:18PMAthena Stevens’s punchy account of how an airline trashed her wheelchair During the current pandemic, stories about isolation have a particular resonance. Feelings of claustrophobia, lonel…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42PMA festival of responses to the Black Lives Matter campaign is personal, political and powerful The strength of the response to the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter campaign has provoke…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:32AMNT archive recording of Lorraine Hansberry’s last play is absolutely compelling Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to be produc…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:32PMFilm version of a loud and proud 2017 tribute to Ian Dury and the Blockheads If any musical can live up to this title in these troubled times, it must be this show from Graeae, a theatre co…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42PMNT Live recording of this classic Young Vic production is genuinely unmissable The National Theatre’s triumphant march through its archive of NT Live recordings continues this week with a …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:03PMRevival of 2011 HighTide hit reconceived for streaming stars Diana Quick During lockdown, some of the best online theatre has been shows that are specially created for this digital format. M…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:36PMNT Live version of this iconic tale of creative hubris features a dynamic acting duo So far, it could be said that the National Theatre is having a good lockdown. Every week, this flagship s…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:18PMHoward Brenton’s docu-drama about the harassment of the Chinese artist is defiantly brilliant London’s Hampstead Theatre has recently been very successful in bringing some of its best sh…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:54PMEmma Rice’s version of Angela Carter’s last novel is a celebration of alternative families Reviewing theatre now means reviewing film. Knowing that Emma Rice’s Old Vic 2018 production …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:24PMGloriously surreal monologue about everyday anxieties in extraordinary circumstances She’s an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn’t know what to think. After all, things are way o…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:12PMBBC film version of a Renaissance rape trial is powerfully resonant and completely relevant Artemisia Gentileschi has definitely had a hard time. Although she was an outstanding Renaissance …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:03PMNT Live version of this masterpiece of farce is now available for free Armchair theatre-lovers rejoice. During the lockdown, the National Theatre is streaming a selection of its past hits fo…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:24AMOriginal Theatre’s tartan gothic thriller is complex but also a bit overwrought With everyone in lockdown, observing physical if not social distancing, a story about isolation can have a …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:36PMBrilliant lyrics from the young composer offer a definitive take on migration Ever since I heard the quintessential prog rock group The Nice do a psychedelic instrumental version of “Ameri…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:03PMTheatre Uncut’s streamed play about social media and the woke generation is clear but slender It’s only been a week since London’s West End went dark, and theatres closed all over the …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42PMThoughtful revival of Coward classic has all the ingredients - except the laughs Jennifer Saunders is a one-woman tickle machine. As her countless appearances in television shows such as Fre…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:18PMSlender new monologue about struggling middle-class womanhood On my way to see this show, I see an urban fox. Before I can take a photo, it scrambles away. And I'm sure that, as it goes, it …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:54PMVerbatim account of transatlantic deportation is an uneven mix of fact and farce Since 2000, Esther Baker's Synergy Theatre Project has worked with prisoners, ex-offenders and young people a…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:18PMWaiting for Godot meets Exodus in American drama about Black Lives Matter The Black Lives Matter movement is such an important international protest that it is odd how few contemporary plays…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:54PMNew debut play is a heartfelt account of the black lesbian experience Queer people of colour face a double discrimination: racism and homophobia. Against this sickness of negation and stupid…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:12PMRevival of Caryl Churchill's brief dystopic classic is vivid but unexceptional Caryl Churchill, Britain's best living playwright, is enjoying a spate of high-profile revivals of her classic …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:54PMNew monologue about rage, racism and national identity is simply magnificent Is this an angry island? Although the British national character (if there is such a thing) has traditionally be…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:33PMExcellent revival of Lucy Prebble's disturbing debut play about illegal desire Your sweet tooth can get you into trouble. Lots of trouble. In this revival of Lucy Prebble's provocative debut…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:42PMMaxine Peake struggles to make the voice of reason heard in feminist history play History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to tell us something worth knowing about th…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:42AMNew play about female friendship is refreshingly original and dazzlingly exciting Tonight, I discovered the gasp index. Or maybe just re-dicovered. The what? The gasp index. It's when you se…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:54PMNew blood courses through the West End's longest-running musical Do you hear the people sing? In recent months, you're more likely to have heard news stories about the longest running West …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:54PMMike Bartlett's Christmas cracker goes with a bang - eventually The prolific Mike Bartlett – from whose pen have leapt television series such as Doctor Foster and Press, as well as stage h…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:33PMFamily tragedy is emotionally powerful but incomplete and unsatisfying The trouble with prejudice is that you can't control how other people see you. At the start of her career, playwright G…
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