290 stories by "Catherine Love"
In a society that feels constantly under the microscope, both protected and oppressed by the glare of CCTV cameras, it is not surprising that George Orwell's grim dystopian vision continues …
The writing of Jonathan Safran Foer wrestles to be released from the page. Unravelling itself in drawings, symbols and mutated forms, it seems bitterly discontented with the limited medium i…
It is not often that, upon walking into a theatre, you are asked to reveal your heart's desire. In transforming Angela Carter's sensual reimagining of the Little Red Riding Hood story for th…
As hinted at by the title, the theme of Joe Penhall's play is unspectacular, as familiar as its triangular set up. Stressed young doctors Neal and Rachel are struggling to shield the flicker…
Charity is never as simple as just giving. It's certainly not that simple for Joe, a typical gap year traveller who finds himself engaged in a very atypical act of charity following a trip t…
As consummate storyteller Frances Hodgson Burnett recognised, stories make us feel alive. The best stories can haunt the senses and quicken the heart " an adrenalin shot to the imagination. …
Despite its very specific setting in the Lebanon hostage crisis of the 1980s, there is something timelessly truthful about Frank McGuiness' play. The piece depicts the plight of three captiv…
In interpreting Angela Carter's short story, itself already an interpretation of the classic folktale of Bluebeard, 3Bugs have set themselves a formidable challenge. Any reimagining of a wel…
The hostage situation is both an inherently dramatic and an inherently static scenario. Suspense springs from the central jeopardy of the unanswered, life-or-death question: will these priso…
The short stories of Edgar Allan Poe are the stuff that nightmares are made of, so it is fitting that Backhand Theatre have taken an approach to his tales that embraces the Gothic aesthetic …
There is an apt, echoing emptiness to the rooms of this Doll's House. In the Young Vic's new production of Ibsen's domestic masterpiece, the superficial marital home of Nora and Torvald is b…
Catherine Love speaks to award-winning director Blanche McIntyre about West End debuts, the ghost of Marilyn Monroe and learning to not feel safe.
Physical theatre company Idle Motion tell Catherine Love about their determination and drive, revealing they've been anything but idle over the past few years.
Playwright Nick Payne chats to Catherine Love about physics, parallel universes and not letting the pressure of success drag creativity down.
Is it curtains for the British musical? Judging by the critical response to Rock of Ages, the latest jukebox musical to set up shop in the West End with a reliable back catalogue of sing-alo…
