'Effectively turns the screw on our emotions': THE HUNT " Almeida Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The Hunt, a striking stage version of Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm's 2012 film, is full of intensity.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on June 30, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Sweat 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 10:00am on June 28, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Strange Fruit 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 June 26, 2019☆⚑

'A classic of lazy playwriting': BITTER WHEAT " West End by Aleks Sierz

Bitter Wheat, the most controversial play of the year, is almost certainly also going to be the worst.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00am on June 24, 2019☆⚑

'The words dance, glimmer & gleam like a glitter ball': CITYSONG " Soho Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Citysong at the Soho Theatre is a beautifully written, poetic journey through time and space in Dublin.

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

'There is no denying the power of the play': STRANGE FRUIT " Bush Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Caryl Phillips' 1980 Windrush classic Strange Fruit is a bit too masculinist and verbose, and poorly staged.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on June 21, 2019☆⚑

'Not only makes you perspire, but also cry': SWEAT " West End by Aleks Sierz

Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama Sweat vigorously massages the wounded heart of rustbelt America.

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

'Brings out the marvellously intoxicating flavour of the original': WHILE THE SUN SHINES " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Long-overdue revival of a wartime classic, Terence Rattigan's While the Sun Shines offers an evening that is full of hilarity and insight.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00am on June 15, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Armadillo 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 June 12, 2019☆⚑

'Thrillingly written & often joyful play': WIFE " Kiln Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Wife at the Kiln Theatre is a decade-hopping epic about marriage and sexual identity which joyfully celebrates the art of theatre.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on June 9, 2019☆⚑

'Brilliantly tense play': ARMADILLO " Yard Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Sarah Kosar's new play Armadillo at the Yard Theatre, about guns and power, is an edge-of-your seat experience which is both frightening and troubling.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00am on June 6, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Anna 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 June 5, 2019☆⚑

'Worthy but certainly not revelatory': RUTHERFORD & SON " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Revival of Githa Sowerby's 1912 classic of industrial patriarchy Rutherford and Son is worthy but rather cumbersome and inaccessible.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on June 4, 2019☆⚑

'Gives the story an emotional & psychological depth': BLUEPRINT MEDEA " Finborough Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Julia Pascal's retelling of the Medea myth in Blueprint Medea situates the story in the contemporary struggle of the Kurdish people for their own homeland.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on June 1, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: White Pearl 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 May 28, 2019☆⚑

'The thriller aspects are definitely effective, if not the sense of history': ANNA " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on May 25, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Out of Water 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 10:00am on May 22, 2019☆⚑

'Powerful, direct & allusive': SALT. " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

One woman's journey to explore the legacy of the slave trade is brilliantly personal and provocative in salt. at the Royal Court Theatre.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on May 20, 2019☆⚑

'Mildly interesting, mildly well written & mildly amusing': WHITE PEARL " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

White Pearl at the Royal Court Theatre, a new satire about the cosmetics industry and race, plays with stereotypes but is only mildly funny.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on May 19, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Jude 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 May 17, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: Rosmersholm 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 May 13, 2019☆⚑

'Relevant & fulsomely entertaining': SMALL ISLAND " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The stage version of Andrea Levy's classic Windrush story is a fun epic that takes ages and ages to warm up.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on May 11, 2019☆⚑

Text of the Day: The Half God of Rainfall 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 May 9, 2019☆⚑

'A small play that radiates with a wider resonance': OUT OF WATER " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Out of Water, a new play about gender, regional and professional identity, rides the crest of the feelgood factor.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on May 6, 2019☆⚑

'In the end this is more comedy than tragedy': JUDE " Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Jude, Howard Brenton's new cerebral tragi-comedy about a Syrian refugee's Oxford dreams, is just too gnomic.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on May 5, 2019☆⚑