THE KNOWLEDGE " Charing Cross Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Stage version of Jack Rosenthal’s classic 1979 film is well acted, although the staging is a little bit static.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on September 17, 2017☆⚑

THE BLINDING LIGHT " Jermyn Street Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Howard Brenton's latest takes a scalpel to the collapsing mind of playwright August Strindberg.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on September 17, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Peter Brook on language 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 September 15, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Lions & Tigers 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 September 12, 2017☆⚑

ROAD " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Powerful revival of Jim Cartwright’s 1986 modern classic comes alive in all its noisy, vulgar and transcendent glory.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on September 8, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Max Stafford-Clark on British theatre 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 September 6, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Loot 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 8:00am on September 2, 2017☆⚑

LIONS & TIGERS " Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by Aleks Sierz

Tanika Gupta explores an episode from her family history that is both highly relevant and humane.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 7:00am on August 31, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Knives in Hens 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 August 29, 2017☆⚑

LOOT " Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Anniversary revival of Joe Orton’s black farce about money and death is a delight from start to finish.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on August 27, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Against 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 August 25, 2017☆⚑

KNIVES IN HENS " Donmar Warehouse by Aleks Sierz

Star director Yael Farber's revival of a 1990s classic is surely atmospheric, but it lacks symbolic weight.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on August 25, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Apologia 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 August 17, 2017☆⚑

THE MAJORITY " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New play about participation and democracy is entertaining enough, but a bit too tricksy and too so-what-ish?

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on August 16, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Touch 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 12:00pm on August 15, 2017☆⚑

HAMLET " Harold Pinter Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Andrew Scott's interpretation of the Prince of Denmark is stylish, relevant and completely contemporary.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 1:00pm on August 12, 2017☆⚑

BORDERS IN A BEDROOM " Tristan Bates Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Directed by Celine Rosenthal, Borders in a Bedroom is a short and slender work, but the playwright shows great promise.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00am on August 10, 2017☆⚑

APOLOGIA " West End by Aleks Sierz

The 1960s were "hilarious", says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon Stockard Channing, of Alexi Kaye Campbell's 2009 family drama at the Trafalgar Studios. How so? "…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 6:00am on August 8, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Mosquitoes 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 August 7, 2017☆⚑

TOUCH " Soho Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Latest play from DryWrite's Vicky Jones provides a vivid picture of contemporary metropolitan womanhood.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 9:00am on August 4, 2017☆⚑

MOSQUITOES " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now very many, is this: does the science add anything to the meaning of the play?

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on August 2, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Common 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 8:00am on July 28, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Hir 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 July 20, 2017☆⚑

Text of the Day: Playwright Anders Lustgarten on hope 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 July 18, 2017☆⚑

BODIES " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New drama about surrogacy is rich in metaphor and fraught with conflict, but you have to ignore its politics.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 8:00am on July 13, 2017☆⚑