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.
Experimental family drama is very powerful, but its theatrical form is too complicated for its own good.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
The family is a war zone. Bam, bam, bam. For some people, it can be the most dangerous place on earth. Its weapons include domination and betrayal, blackmail and abuse, and its frontline is …
New coming-of-age play is not only quirky and funny, but also moving and theatrically thrilling.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
We're living in the age of the small play. Although there are plenty of baggy epics around on our stages, they are outnumbered by the small and short two-hander, whether it is John O'Donovan…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Drama about the 1970s and 1980s South American debt crisis is too long, too derivative and too predictable.
Ever since Lucy Prebble's hit masterpiece, Enron, opened our eyes to the possibilities of staging plays about global finance in a thrillingly theatrical way, the hunt has been on for another…
Scottish Gogol adaptation is a thrillingly contemporary account of damaged masculinity and national identity.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Alice Birch’s third-wave feminist roller-coaster from 2014 is both thrilling and messy (mostly in a good way).
Alice Birch is one of the most exciting playwrights to have arrived in the past five years. This restaging of the brilliantly titled Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. " which was first put on …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
New two-hander about love and exploitation offers a powerful image of racism and injustice.
New two-hander about petty criminal youth in Ireland packs a strong emotional punch amid its hilarity.
Kenneth Branagh’s final show in his West End season is a revival that is slick, but a bit passionless.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
For the final show in his year-long stay at this West End address, Kenneth Branagh has chosen to revive and star in John Osborne's 1957 play. By doing so, he finds himself once again treadin…
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 play about Africa’s deadliest conflict is more of a heroic failure than a successful drama.
Do you carry a small part of the Congo every day on your person? Probably. Your mobile phone will contain coltan, aka columbite tantalum, which is used to make your electronics work better. …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
