358 stories by "Aleks.sierz"
Brilliant lyrics from the young composer offer a definitive take on migration
Ever since I heard the quintessential prog rock group The Nice do a psychedelic instrumental version of "America…
Theatre Uncut's streamed play about social media and the woke generation is clear but slender
It's only been a week since London's West End went dark, and theatres closed all over the UK, bu…
Thoughtful revival of Coward classic has all the ingredients - except the laughs
Jennifer Saunders is a one-woman tickle machine. As her countless appearances in television shows such as Fre…
Slender new monologue about struggling middle-class womanhood
On my way to see this show, I see an urban fox. Before I can take a photo, it scrambles away. And I'm sure that, as it goes, it …
Verbatim account of transatlantic deportation is an uneven mix of fact and farce
Since 2000, Esther Baker's Synergy Theatre Project has worked with prisoners, ex-offenders and young people a…
Waiting for Godot meets Exodus in American drama about Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement is such an important international protest that it is odd how few contemporary plays…
New debut play is a heartfelt account of the black lesbian experience
Queer people of colour face a double discrimination: racism and homophobia. Against this sickness of negation and stupid…
Revival of Caryl Churchill's brief dystopic classic is vivid but unexceptional
Caryl Churchill, Britain's best living playwright, is enjoying a spate of high-profile revivals of her classic …
New monologue about rage, racism and national identity is simply magnificent
Is this an angry island? Although the British national character (if there is such a thing) has traditionally be…
Excellent revival of Lucy Prebble's disturbing debut play about illegal desire
Your sweet tooth can get you into trouble. Lots of trouble. In this revival of Lucy Prebble's provocative debut…
Maxine Peake struggles to make the voice of reason heard in feminist history play
History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to tell us something worth knowing about th…
New play about female friendship is refreshingly original and dazzlingly exciting
Tonight, I discovered the gasp index. Or maybe just re-dicovered. The what? The gasp index. It's when you se…
New blood courses through the West End's longest-running musical
Do you hear the people sing? In recent months, you're more likely to have heard news stories about the longest running West …
Mike Bartlett's Christmas cracker goes with a bang - eventually
The prolific Mike Bartlett " from whose pen have leapt television series such as Doctor Foster and Press, as well as stage hit…
Family tragedy is emotionally powerful but incomplete and unsatisfying
The trouble with prejudice is that you can't control how other people see you. At the start of her career, playwright G…
Magnificent makeover of the French classic - a jaw-dropping success
Actor James McAvoy is much in demand: in the BBC's His Dark Materials he is busy saving a parallel world, while in the poe…
New autobiographical play about night thoughts on bodies real and digital
Eve Leigh is an experimental playwright who has tackled difficult issues for more than a decade. Yet most members of…
Director Bijan Sheibani turns playwright in a fine two-hander about family
Family dramas are a staple of British new writing, but as well as talking about our nearest and dearest, can they …
David Greig's much-lauded mountaineering story doesn't quite peak
Theatre can touch thousands of lives. But can it compete with the success of a bestselling book? First published in 1988, mo…
Family drama is occasionally entertaining, but too dark for its own good
Actor Miriam Margolyes is a phenomenon. Not only has this Dickensian starred in high-profile shows both here and in A…
First Ed Thomas play for 15 years is a post-apocalyptic metaphor-fest
Memory involves places, people, things and words, especially words. This abstract proposition is given knotty life in We…
Jordan Tannahill's queering of Renaissance art is riotously vulgar and unapologetic
Botticelli is a household name, but who knows the true story behind his most famous painting? The painter'…
Alice Birch's new play prioritizes form over content, and is depressingly reactionary
Clean Break, the theatre company that specializes in working with women in the criminal justice system,…
New lecture about British imperialism is energetically engaging, but rather slender
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British-Egyptian writer who has explored issues of Muslim and British identity in var…
Provocative one-man show about a stalker by stand-up comedian Richard Gadd is darkly exciting
True stories, even in a fictional form, have the power to grip you by the throat, furiously shak…
