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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.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
As a subject for drama, theatre history is always popular in the West End. Between Mr Foote's Other Leg, which has recently closed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and Mrs Henderson Presents,…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Peter Brook revisits The Mahabharata with more philosophy than politics, and with a perfection that ultimately feels chilly.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Legendary director Peter Brook makes theatre that teaches audiences to be human. Now 90 years old, he brings his latest project to London from Paris, where he has been based at the Bouffes d…
New Welsh monologue focuses on the sacrifices demanded from its young female heroine, but what are its politics?
Quote of the day: “What I have in mind is not a forced topicality, a Hamlet that would be set in a cellar of young existentialists.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Verse play about British soldiers returning from Afghanistan is harrowing and moving, but perhaps a touch too polished.
New Caryl Churchill play returns to the fantasy world of Churchillia, where banality is totally invaded by horror.
Quote of the day: “Many have tried to deify Shakespeare.”
Caryl Churchill is a phenomenon. Now 77 years old, she remains not only prolific but also immensely inventive, having notched up more than 35 original plays, many of which have been innovati…
Text of the day: I was thinking about Ross, Adele, and Bergsie.
Powerful play about brothers comes storming into Sloane Square from Manchester, trailing tenderness and terror.
The war in Afghanistan has not exactly been neglected by contemporary British theatre, and the plight of returned soldiers is a standard trope of new writing. These distant wars function in …
Feral kids are a media stereotype, but they make good strong subjects for drama. In Anna Jordan's new play, which was first seen at the Manchester Royal Exchange last year after winning the …
New play about internet porn is both an entertaining fable and a disturbing vision of corruption.
Award-winning American actor and playwright Eric Bogosian has gone mammoth.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Unmoving revival of Simon Stephens' teen-bully play sacrifices emotional truth to trendy directorial gimmicks.
New drama about traumatic amnesia is based on a good idea, but is just too bland to stay long in the memory.
Be careful what you wish for. I've always moaned about the fact that British theatre is too naturalistic, and that its stagings are too banal, full of quotidian detail and a specific sense o…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
