The Mossovet State Academic Theatre arrives in London's West End with a sizeable helping of Chekhov's early masterpieces. Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters are performed in the playwright's n…
Remote Control is not afraid to suffer for its art. It is a company that uses theatre as a means of probing into the darker recesses of human nature. This was evident at last year’s Ed…
As the lights go up on Pests, you may be forgiven for believing you had accidentally stumbled into a time warp. Developed in collaboration with Clean Break, this intense two-hander from Vivi…
During our conversation, Paul Hunter " Co-Artistic Director of Told by an Idiot " says something rather unexpected: “One of our heroes is Miles Davies, because aside from his extraordi…
When I join Engineer Collective on a cold and cloudy January morning, they are busy troubleshooting a movement sequence. Inside a disused open plan office overlooking west London, they are b…
Light slowly rises on the vast, cavernous Sadler's Wells stage. A motorised crane judders into life. Beneath it, the inert body of a small child lies in a crumpled heap. At the rear of the s…
“A sad fact widely known / the most impassionate song / to a lonely soul / is so easily outgrown”, intones Morrissey on 'Rubber Ring'. Recorded by The Smiths two years before the…
The methodology and approach to theatre criticism is changing, and changing rapidly. It's a truism to claim that the rise of digital technology and online media has massively shifted the lan…
When reviewing a performance, there is a nagging feeling of being hampered by that otherwise dependable writing companion, the notepad. It can serve to distract us from the events taking pla…
It's turning out to be good year for American playwrights in British theatre. No sooner has the curtain come down on the Royal Court Theatre‘s production of Bruce Norris's The Low Ro…
How do you rebottle lightning? This is the challenge that any theatre-maker tackling Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi must surely face. Jarry's prank-play was a theatrical wrecking-ball " one that dem…
Chris Thopre is writing a new version of Robin Hood for the NSDF Ensemble production this year. The hour-and-a-half session took the form of a developmental workshop which explored the creat…
Dialogue, text and speech were the order of the day in David Newman's workshop on English Restoration comedy. The room was jam-packed with actors and directors ready to get stuck into some 1…
Elizabeth Gaubert (Writer/Director), Louise Malin (Producer), Katherine Edrupt (Assistant Producer & Actor), Robert Neumark Jones (Actor), Tracey Greene (Actor), Jamal Hue-Bonne…
DugOut's adaptation of Patrick Marber's Dealer’s Choice is an uproariously funny, meticulously crafted and wonderfully imaginative addition to this year's NSDF. The ensemble rarely mis…
DugOut Theatre: George Chilcott (Director), Jimmy Walters, Ed Smith, Will Barwick, Tom Gill and Harry Williams. Dugout Theatre's Dealer’s Choice was a standout production at this year'…
And…we’re of! After a five hour journey from London’s sunny suburbs and accross the concrete sprawl of the M4, we’ve arrived in bright and beautiful Scarborough fo…