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Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Brand-new London theatre from the two Nicks is wonderful, but its first show is disappointing.
This site-specific version is a bit of a gimmick, and while one part of me yearns for the play to be allowed to speak for itself, another just relishes the novelty of this revival's setting.…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
A new baby is like an alien invasion: it blows your mind and it colonises your world. For any couple, parenthood can be both exalting and devastating, with the stress hugging the relationshi…
After DC Moore's flawed Common comes Mullarkey's similarly flawed Saint George and the Dragon. Taking the myth of George, the legendary dragon slayer and rescuer of damsels in distress, the …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Albion begins with Audrey, played with indefatigable energy by Victoria Hamilton, in the garden of her deceased uncle's family home, deep in the English countryside. She has bought the prope…
Text of the day: “Well, what’s happening is if you’re Northern, you’re getting butchered, it’s like Game of fucking Thrones.”
The post Labour of Love app…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
New two-hander is a highly stylised account of a positively Ballardian reality: contemporary nihilism rules.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham try their best in unconvincing rom-com, which is predictable and portentous.
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC Hunter's A Day by the Sea, first staged in 1953, is a good example. Today, its name is chiefly…
Classic 1953 play by the English Chekhov is fascinating, but rather dated in its values and too clumsy in its production.
B starts innocently enough with Marcela, a young woman, being comforted by Carmen, her older neighbour. Apparently, her boyfriend has been blown up by a terrorist bomb.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Comedy about Labour Party history is starry, but politically reactionary and tediously overblown.
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they can chat, sing and dance through your unconscious for years and years and years.
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.
Heartwarming debut play about young teen love is very good fun, if a bit slender and insubstantial.
Award-heavy American play about the Oslo Accords is informative, moving and highly entertaining.
David Storey’s family celebration drama of 1989 is typically natural, subtle and poignant, but also retro
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Terry Johnson's new play is a deeply felt and typically witty look at the cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
