Thursday, 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 12:00PMSaturday, February 17, 2018
The fact that we still have men today who think male violence is “a complex issue” shows that Dennis Kelly’s play Girls & Boys – with men firmly in its sights – remains desper…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, February 16, 2018
Like many others, I have my hopes, even expectations, on the change that women may bring. But this is not for me to burden women creatives with. They already have enough of a challenge as it…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 14, 2018
Paines Plough has taken up residency at the Orange Tree Theatre this month with three plays running in rep. I caught up with two of the plays, Elinor Cook’s Out of Love and Brad Birch’s …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, February 9, 2018
There is nothing about Gundog at the Royal Cout that will make you feel good about where we are today. It is a dark and disturbing tale about the state of play in modern rural Britain. That …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, February 8, 2018
Look, I appreciate it’s never rainbows and sunshine in Hedda Gabler but, even by Ibsen’s standards, this National Theatre production is intense and deeply morose.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, February 7, 2018
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties at the Southwark Playhouse was as funny, uplifting and as life-reaffirming as I’d hoped – a glorious blend of cabaret, drag and theatre that, alon…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, February 2, 2018
Well, we’re truly into 2018 now and there’s plenty to see. From anarchic punk riot to classic mysteries, from Shakespeare to Dylan, and from troubled masculinity to a woman’s battle wi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, January 31, 2018
There is so much to admire in this revival that it’s hard to know where to start first. Let’s go with Lucian Msamati. I maintain that he was cruelly robbed of at least acknowledgement an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, January 27, 2018
Lia Williams and Juliet Stevenson are both extraordinary in Mary Stuart at the Duke of York’s Theatre, but the level of sexualisation, sexual violence and assault in the depiction of these…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, January 26, 2018
I was completely swept up in the curious little world of John at the National’s Dorfman Theatre. In Annie Baker’s rich, multi-layered, intricate writing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThursday, January 25, 2018
David Eldridge’s Beginning at the Ambassadors Theatre is one of the best productions on in London, right now, and such an uplifting, life-reaffirming play that will lift even the gloomiest…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, January 24, 2018
Woman Before a Glass at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, places the focus on Peggy Guggenheim – a pivotal figure in the 20th century art scene – and is a hugely enjoyable show that demonst…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, January 18, 2018
For me, it’s this ongoing decision to keep Rita, Sue and Bob Too performed as a comedy more than a drama that is at the heart of its problem. This should be a play of tiny tragedies.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, January 17, 2018
This play brims with warmth and humour by focusing more on resilience and acceptance, than abandonment and loss.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, January 14, 2018
There is much to enjoy in this close quarters examination of one short-lived relationship from the highs of its beginning, to the regrets and recriminations that marks its end.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, January 4, 2018
Hypatia Tarleton (Marli Siu) is a young woman in demand. She’s beautiful and intelligent, spirited and a little fiery. And her father is also filthy rich.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, January 3, 2018
So, how was your Christmas then? If you’re like me, your thoughts will already be turning to 2018 and all those good intentions you’re going to put into practice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 28, 2017
I’m not usually crazy about rankings and hierarchy in the creative arts so, please, see this as more of a summary of all the shows that really shook me. Except for the Number One. I’m al…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, December 23, 2017
The play is performed in The Site, round the back at the Royal Court, a place you enter after walking through various staged abstract scenes – a lot filled with Christmas trees, a run-down…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, December 21, 2017
I am no Hamilton aficionado. I knew remarkably little about the show before I sat down in my seat in the Grand Circle. I didn’t even know a single song, let alone have the cast recording o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00PMSunday, December 17, 2017
I know I’m late to the party with Follies but what can I do? Such was the demand for tickets that I only finally saw it a few days ago. But, my god, was it worth the wait, or what.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 14, 2017
It is a rare occurrence indeed to see an audience as happy, as involved, and as diverse as the one that sat with me to watch Barber Shop Chronicles at the NT. What a glorious show. Such dyna…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, December 4, 2017
What's made Victoria Sadler's top ten theatre recommendations for new shows in December 2017? Well, Hamilton, of course. But also The Twilight Zone, Parliament Square, Misalliance, How to Wi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, November 13, 2017
An anguishing set of circumstances have brought a separated couple back together – temporarily – after nine years without having set eyes upon each other. For it was nine years ago that …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFriday, November 3, 2017
We are in a fictional London suburb during World War Two, a boarding house, to be exact, in a town based, quite evidently, on Henley-on-Thames. The place is filled with the elderly – widow…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, November 2, 2017
Can you believe it? The list of my ‘shows to see’ is so packed with fantastic openings that there is no space for the two biggest shows out there – Follies and Network, both at the Nat…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, October 24, 2017
What a relief to find a show that’s smart and funny – laugh out loud funny, by the way – yet relevant insightful, and with complex, nuanced characters. And only an hour long! So, take …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, October 21, 2017
Oh my. Every Brilliant Thing is wonderful. It has the biggest heart and the biggest laughs. It is affecting and funny; it is heartfelt and touching. I cannot imagine that you will ever see a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:20AMThursday, November 12, 2015
I had tickets to see The Winter’s Tale at the Garrick. I got them pretty sharpish when they were released – obvs Kenneth Branagh a pretty big draw as actor and director. Almost as big a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Art matters. And it’s hard to think of a theatre company that has proved that more than Belarus Free Theatre (BFT). Now about to celebrate their tenth anniversary, BFT has persisted agains…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:52PM 
