1,376 stories by "Aleks Sierz"
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Is there such a thing as sheer theatrical joy? Yes, there is, and it comes from an unexpected source: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub's musical adaptation of Twelfth Night at the Young Vic.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
David Hare's latest play I'm Not Running at the National Theatre is set in an alternative reality that is more 2008 than 2018 and says nothing about Labour's current malaise.
Victorian female pugilism drama: thoroughly heartfelt, highly original, very theatrical and completely timely
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This intelligent and sensitive adaptation of Virginia Woolf's modernist classic Mrs Dalloway at the Arcola Theatre is a good example of current fringe creativity.
The Cold War surveillance drama Pack of Lies is interesting enough, but its old-fashioned qualities are not an unmixed blessing.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Brad Birch's excellent 70-minute monologue A Kettle of Fish about a female professional and her response to a critical convergence of problems.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
A semi-autobiographical coming of age story, Poet in da Corner at the Royal Court raps and jumps to the sounds of grime.
Unsuccessful West End outing for Dawn King's intriguing and evocative 2011 dystopian chiller.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Now at last my prayer has been answered. Deafinitely Theatre currently brings a bilingual approach to 4.48 Psychosis " spoken English and British Sign Language " to the play, using an all-ma…
Losing Venice at the Orange Tree Theatre is a remarkable rediscovery by this ever-enterprising venue and is a well-crafted and elegantly written curiosity.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
For his last show at the Bush, Madani Younis has chosen a project close to his heart, Vinay Patel's An Adventure, an epic reading of one Asian family's global migration story.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
An overwhelmingly powerful new play about motherhood and psychological collapse: Lesley Sharp amazes in The Woods at the Royal Court Theatre.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Coyly advertised as Holy Sh!t, actor and writer Alexis Zegerman's new play is a topical account of the lengths that some parents will go to get their kids into the best local schools.
Alison Carr's Caterpillar, a finalist in the Theatre 503's Playwriting Award, gets an excellent staging and will later tour to the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
It is a fitting moment to watch Oladipo Agboluaje's New Nigerians, which was first staged at this Off-West End venue in February 2017, and now returns " and I'm happy to say that it's as fre…
Atiha Sen Gupta's Abi, a 60-minute monologue, performed with enormous zest and attractive energy by Safiyya Ingar, is a response to Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party and looks at what happen…
