'Flashes of fun but narrowly sadistic': SYDNEY & THE OLD GIRL " Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Black comedy Sydney & The Old Girl is occasionally entertaining, but much too dark and dispiriting for its own good.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on November 9, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Botticelli in the Fire by Aleks Sierz

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 1:00pm on November 8, 2019☆⚑

'Has enormous symbolic resonance': ON BEAR RIDGE " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

On BearRidge, the first Ed Thomas play for 15 years, is a post-apocalyptic metaphor-fest which is tragic, lyrical and funny too.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on November 5, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Baby Reindeer by Aleks Sierz

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 1:00pm on November 4, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: A History of Water in the Middle East by Aleks Sierz

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 2:00pm on October 31, 2019☆⚑

'Tannahill has a fresh, gloriously abrasive voice': BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE " Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Jordan Tannahill's queering of Renaissance art in Botticelli In The Fire is riotously vulgar and completely unapologetic mash up.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00pm on October 28, 2019☆⚑

'Mindglowingly magnificent': LITTLE BABY JESUS " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

A terrific revival of Arinzé Kene's 2011 coming-of-age drama Little Baby Jesus is mind-glowingly lyrical, energetic and wise.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on October 27, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Mephisto [A Rhapsody] by Aleks Sierz

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 9:00am on October 26, 2019☆⚑

'An enviable lightness of touch': THE GIRL WHO FELL " Trafalgar Studios by Aleks Sierz

Sarah Rutherford's new play The Girl Who Fell, about teenage death, mourning, coincidence and healing, is sensitive and heartfelt.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on October 25, 2019☆⚑

'Its emotional integrity shines through the writing at every point': OUT OF SORTS " Theatre 503 by Aleks Sierz

Winner of this venue's 2018 International Playwriting Award, Out Of Sorts is a movingly-written and deeply felt drama.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on October 23, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Aleks Sierz

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 11:00am on October 22, 2019☆⚑

'Little thought is left for the content': [BLANK] " Donmar Warehouse by Aleks Sierz

Alice Birch's experimental new play [Blank] prioritises form over content and is at heart depressingly reactionary.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on October 21, 2019☆⚑

'Writes with poetic vigour & concision': A HISTORY OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Sabrina Mahfouz's feminist account of British imperialism in A History of Water in the Middle East is energetic and passionate but also turns out to be a very slender piece of theatre.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on October 18, 2019☆⚑

'Often compelling': MEPHISTO [A RHAPSODY] " Gate Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Mephisto [A Rhapsody], a French meta-theatrical update of Klaus Mann's classic novel, has some brilliant moments but lacks metaphorical force.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on October 17, 2019☆⚑

'Enormous passion & frightening intensity': BABY REINDEER " Bush Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Baby Reindeer at the Bush Theatre, stand-up comedian Richard Gadd's provocative one-man show about a stalker and complicit victimhood, is darkly exciting.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on October 16, 2019☆⚑

Text Of The Day: Either by Aleks Sierz

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 1:00pm on October 15, 2019☆⚑

'The whole experiment has a lovely lightness of touch': EITHER " Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Ruby Thomas' experimental debut play Either is an intriguing questioning of gender identity that retains an air of politeness.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on October 10, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Hansard by Aleks Sierz

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 11:00am on October 9, 2019☆⚑

'Issues raised remain vivid': A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE EGG " Trafalgar Studios by Aleks Sierz

This sharp and starry revival of Peter Nichols' taboo-busting fantasia A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is pretty magnificent.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on October 7, 2019☆⚑

'Linguistically agile, theatrically pleasurable & emotionally dark': GLASS. KILL. BLUEBEARD. IMP " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Caryl Churchill's Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. at the Royal Court is wonderfully bright and incisively perceptive.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on October 3, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Two Ladies by Aleks Sierz

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 11:00am on October 2, 2019☆⚑

'Psychological thriller retains its power to disturb': BLACK CHIFFON " Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Scrupulous revival of Black Chiffon, an almost forgotten psychological thriller about class and unconscious desire.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on September 30, 2019☆⚑

'A crazy delight': TWO LADIES " Bridge Theatre by Aleks Sierz

There's excellent acting in Two Ladies, a play that tickles the senses and the intellect by playfully morphing from one genre to another.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on September 27, 2019☆⚑

Text Of The Day: Chiaroscuro by Aleks Sierz

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 11:00am on September 24, 2019☆⚑

'Most of the work is done by the actors': AMSTERDAM " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New Israeli play Amsterdam about the effect of the past on the present is an open text which owes much too much to Martin Crimp.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on September 23, 2019☆⚑