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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.
A true theatre masterpiece can survive any directorial mugging. By this definition, Harold Pinter's 1965 play, The Homecoming, is a robust work of genius. It has to be because, from the very…
RD ("Ronnie") Laing was a typically eccentric 1960s guru. A Scottish psychiatrist who was one of the leading lights of the anti-psychiatry movement, his 1960 classic The Divided Self helped …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
You'd think that there is no more to be said about George Bernard Shaw. You'd be wrong. As Professor Christopher Innes and mezzo-soprano Brigitte Bogar say in the informative booklet for the…
New play about an illicit encounter between a teen student and an older teacher is powerful and challenging.
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
This new play about the relationship between a Brit and a Pole has some good moments, but remains undernourishing.
Very well-deserved West end transfer for thrilling new play about ethics in the age of the internet... How well do parents know their kids? Especially their teenage kids. Jack appears to be …
Do scandals have a sell-by date? When it comes to sex and politicians, the answer is no. The tabloids, and the news-hungry public, still seem to relish a good story about a powerful man who …
One of the quiet joys of contemporary British theatre is the small play. You know the kind of thing: a boy meets girl story, told with sharp dialogue, and quirky humour. Usually with a cast …
Theatre is one of the glories of British culture, a melting pot of creativity and innovation. Beginning with the coronation of Elizabeth I and ending with the televised crowning of the curre…
Do scandals have a sell-by date? When it comes to sex and politicians, the answer is no. The tabloids, and the news-hungry public, still seem to relish a good story about a powerful man who …
David Hare is one of those playwrights who talks with enormous imaginative sympathy about the work of other writers. To read what he says about John Osborne or Harold Pinter is to have your …
Theatre should be an adventure. At least some of the time. But often it isn't. So much of the time it's rather predictable and, dare I say, a bit boring. After going to the theatre for many …
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
David Hare's charming new play is a very English account of a very English institution - Glyndebourne. The Moderate Soprano tells the story of John Christie, an eccentric English businessman…
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.
Lurid satire on the British tabloids returns with a vengeance in a hilarious evening of sharp jokes and farce
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Once upon a time, quite recently, you couldn't move for plays about youth. Now, there's been an avalanche of dramas about ageing, usually in the context of dementia and family life. Maybe al…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Once upon a time, quite recently, you couldn't move for plays about youth. Now, there's been an avalanche of dramas about ageing, usually in the context of dementia and family life. Maybe al…
On my way to see this show, I had to walk across Soho in central London. No fewer than five people asked me for money; one was a real hassle. Yes, I know the government says that the economy…
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
