Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Naima Khan explores the issues raised by Act For Change's debate around theatre criticism and diversity, hosted by the NT
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:55AMThursday, November 13, 2014
Meet Len (Graham O'Mara), a man-child stuck in a world where "gaytard", "bender" and "spastic" are (to him, anyway) harmless insults. He throws them lovingly at niece Jen (Jennifer Clement) …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMSunday, November 2, 2014
There have been some strong two-handers of late, which perhaps explains why the London premiere of Robert Holman’s 2008 play Jonah and Otto seems sub par. Originally written for the actor …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMSaturday, September 27, 2014
This stage adaptation of Danny Robins' Radio 4 drama is a feel-good show packed with snappy one-liners from a gaggle of intelligently drawn characters. Its roots in radio are evident, to be …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMTuesday, September 23, 2014
Performed by a cast of ten actor-musicians, Derek Bond's take on Shakespeare's comedy of gender-reversal and the constancy (or not) of love is melodic, quirky and at its absolute best when i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:57PMSunday, August 24, 2014
Here's a fun fact: this year the Merriam-Webster dictionary added a new definition for the noun "catfish". As well as the amphibian, a catfish now also refers to "a person who sets up a fals…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:10PMSunday, July 13, 2014
As far as essential female experiences go, Esther Mills hasn't had many. A 35-year-old virgin living in New York City in 1905, she is destined to go down in history as an "unidentified negro…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:41AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Let's say Greek tragedies exist in a multiverse where the same stories play out simultaneously in thousands of ways. And let's say we're given free rein to argue over those stories, debate t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:59AMSunday, June 15, 2014
If you've been rolling your eyes at the bout of articles hailing London's ever-increasing number of dry bars, allow writer-director Ché Walker to convince you of their amatory relevance. In…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:40AMTuesday, May 20, 2014
As glad as I am that you've chosen to read this review, I can't help thinking you'd get more kicks out of the Daily Mail's take on Microcosm at the Soho Theatre, if indeed there is one. Writ…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:53PMFriday, May 16, 2014
"Debris - literally!" Or so spoke a fellow reviewer as she sat down next to me, having navigated her way through the rubble scattered across the floor of Southwark Playhouse's aptly-named Li…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:26AMThursday, April 17, 2014
Written and directed by the ever-varied Amir Nizar Zuabi, Oh My Sweet Land tells the story of a German-Syrian woman living in Paris and struggling with her connection to the raging civil war…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:03AMMonday, March 24, 2014
Performed by all-female theatre company, Fluff, Sarah Sigal's take on feminism through the ages drops us in and out of three time scenarios: the Royalist household of Lady Anne in 1646, the …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:58AMThursday, March 20, 2014
When was the last time you took a swipe at someone, and I mean a real swipe - a physical, emotional, cruel, unapologetic swipe of the sort that comes thick and fast in Vicky Jones's exhilara…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:00AMSunday, March 2, 2014
From the creators of the much-lauded The Oh F*ck Moment comes I Wish I Was Lonely, a participatory look at modern communication and the human psyche. Flouting the rules of mainstream theatre…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:04PMWednesday, February 19, 2014
“Consider the donut!” One might have assumed that a significant chunk of Tracy Letts’s Superior Donuts would be a heartfelt ode to the fried dessert cake itself. In fact Letts’s play…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PM 
