1,376 stories by "Aleks Sierz"
New epic about mothers and daughters in the age of oil is wonderfully ambitious, but deeply unhistorical.
At first, I was a bit confused by the play's title. After all, David Hare gave his 1998 adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde the moniker of The Blue Room, which coincidentally is the s…
Great work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wallowing in its own Britishness.
Twentieth-anniversary revival of 1990s zeitgeist play is flashy, loud and fun, but also lacks emotional connection
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The best way to line up the stars is to offer them a chance to act in a play about the theatre. For this, Ronald Harwood's The Dresser has a good track record: its original West End outing s…
Playwright Mark Ravenhill's 1996 Royal Court debut was not the decade's most shocking piece of theatre, but its title was, and is, certainly the one that troubles producers and publicists th…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Yesterday, I was extremely glad to attend the Wesker Celebration, which was organised by playwright David Edgar, professor Pamela Howard and publicist Anne Mayer, at the Royal Court.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Tom Hollander stars in fiendishly clever Stoppard classic which argues for the immortality of genius.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Is this the most dazzling play of a dazzling playwright? First staged in 1974, Travesties is the one which manages to squeeze avant-garde novelist James Joyce, DaDa godfather Tristan Tzara a…
New play from the National Youth Theatre is energetic and lively, but a bit unsettling in its portrayal of the poor.
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.
New captive drama is well-written in a symbolic vein that helps to humanise the story behind the headlines.
History Boy Dominic Cooper triumphs as the Restoration rake Rochester in revival of 1994 biog drama.
Restoration theatre has the reputation of being a rake's paradise " all those randy young aristos in hot pursuit of buxom wenches. But even in the depths of 17th-century playwriting, there w…
The metaphor of mountain climbing resonates with the crisis of masculinity in new sex-war drama.
At its best, theatre is great at putting resonant metaphors on stage. And, as Elinor Cook's new play abundantly proves, the activity of mountain climbing seems very promising as a metaphor f…
Two actors share the roles of scholar and tempter in a pacy production that brilliantly conveys joy in transgression.
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.
Revival of Pinter’s 1975 classic is a model of clarity, but raises questions about the validity of modernism.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
