1,418 stories by "Aleks Sierz"
Enjoyable performances, but I really do wish there had been less words in Electra at the Bunker Theatre, and more music and sharper storytelling.
Although The Mousetrap is often dismissed as a mere genre piece, all plot and no characters, I think this does an immense disservice both to Christie's skill and to the pleasure that murder …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
In The B*easts, Monica Dolan conveys an intelligent coolness as she makes her feelings known about social issues such as the pernicious effects of women's magazines. She also implies that if…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
The best that can be said about Chris Goode's Jubilee is that it must surely be in the running for the hotly contested accolade of the worst show of the whole decade.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
This Frozen is a dark story, a revival of Bryony Lavery's 1998 award-winning play about a child killer " definitely no singing, no dancing, no hummable tunes, but it does have an outstanding…
Parenthood can be both empowering and fragile and Georgia Christou's debut Yous Two at the Hampstead Theatre is thrilling for its potential. Definitely a name to watch.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Watching Angry makes you feel as if you've downed several super-alcoholic drinks " and then rushed out into the freezing cold night, under the cold unfeeling stars. Yes, welcome to Ridleylan…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
With its almost unbearable ending, Dennis Kelly's play is a wonderful mix of hilarity and horror. Carey Mulligan is simply brilliant, totally at home on stage in Lyndsey Turner's well-paced,…
For Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre, Hytner has taken out the stalls seats of the new Bridge Theatre and created a promenade performance which begins, like a Trump rally, with a warm-up.…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Alan Ayckbourn's epic, very, very long satire on religion and sexual segregation prefers comedy to tragedy.
New misery fest about the hard graft of rural life is symbolic, but it really lacks drama and resonance.
Paines Plough, a new writing touring company led by James Grieve and George Perrin " in a co-production with Theatr Clwyd and Orange Tree Theatre " have brought a trio of new work in reperto…
There's a strong current of emotional truth running through the storms in Henry Darke's debut play, Booby's Bay, at the Finborough Theatre. Perhaps less comic than it should be, and certainl…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Javaad Alipoor explores the dark world of lonely young men, seething with resentment, attracted by tech-savvy extremist groups, in The Believers Are But Brothers at the Bush Theatre.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
This is a beautiful fringe revival of Abi Morgan's masterpiece Tiny Dynamite at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A really lovely piece of theatre.
