68 stories by "Lisa Carroll"
Blind Man's Song, currently playing at the Pleasance Theatre, uses music and movement to explore the themes of love, memory and connection. While certainly these are fertile grounds for expl…
Trying to render the internet onto the stage has over the past few years, proven incredibly hard to do successfully. The sheer breadth of the internet, with all the many issues it raises, ce…
If you want to see a show that will make your jaw hit the floor, then Race Horse Company's Super Sunday, currently playing at the Roundhouse, will do just that. Set in a surreal amusement pa…
What differentiates theatre from a lecture, a university debate or an essay? These days it's not always clear. We live in the age of 'issue plays' " work that seeks to 'tackle' contentious t…
wonder.land, currently running at the National Theatre, joins the recent army of plays attempting to tackle the internet and all the issues it raises, in this instance by appropriating Lewis…
Not for the faint of heart, Dry Land, currently running at the Jermyn Street Theatre, delves into the real lives of two teenage girls in Florida, exposing with biting honesty just how confus…
The Hairy Ape, currently playing at the Old Vic, is indeed a strange beast. An expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill, it follows Yank (Bertie Carvel) in his rallying cry against a world that …
There's nothing more exciting than feeling like you've stumbled upon a truly promising writer and performer at the start of their artistic journey. Rachel Ofori, who wrote and delivers her f…
For visually striking productions full of life and colour, you never need to look much further than director Benedict Andrew's work, and his latest production of La Bohème for the English N…
Ireland has an incredibly interesting historical relationship to dance – most notably the 1935 Public Dancehalls Act, which censored Ireland's social scene based on the fear that unsup…
With the late Brien Friel arguably being one of the best playwrights of the last half century, expectations for any production of his work are always going to be incredibly high. His numerou…
Pluck. Productions, an emerging company comprised of actor-producers, EJ Martin and Philip Honeywell, claims its founders "got tired of waiting for the work they wanted to see," and so decid…
It has to be said that, no matter how good the play might be, programming a three-hour long piece in a small, studio theatre in July " without air conditioning " is going to be a test for an…
Sometimes it can feel as if everyone in the theatre business is in on playing an elaborate game of The Emperor's New Clothes. Everyone can see the naked truth about a production, but nonethe…
Does money talk louder than loyalty, trust, and the beautiful game? These are among the many pressing questions raised by Patrick Marber's accomplished new play, The Red Lion, which couldn't…
The Gate's always wonderfully intimate space is this time transformed into a rebel military base in war-torn Liberia, in director Caroline Byrne's accomplished staging of Danai Gurira's Ecli…
Not only am I not familiar with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (much to my shame), but I also cannot speak fluent Russian, which could have made my evening at the Barbican's Silk Street T…
In the heart of busy London town, you can find yourself sucked into to an alternate, dystopian world at the hands of acclaimed company, 1927, who bring their latest hit Golem to Trafalgar St…
It can be surprisingly tough to write a review when a show is as brilliant as Anders Lustgarten's latest play, Lampedusa. Running at the Soho Theatre's intimate Upstairs space, Lampedusa is …
Any play where the whole set is a swimming pool is always going to be a winner in my books. And The Mikvah Project, currently playing at Hackney Wick's trendy The Yard Theatre does not disap…
The rise of the internet over the last few decades has had untold effects on how we live and interact with one another; unsurprisingly, this has offered plenty of artists fertile ground for …
It's exciting to see Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle made so palatable and engaging for young audiences at the Unicorn Theatre near London Bridge. Brecht's traditional moralising and …
If plays are meant to be a portal to another world, a reminder of uncomfortable truths and a call to action, then Liberian Girl, now playing at the Royal Court, is a must-see for exemplifyin…
While the rest of London theatre offers pantomimes and festively-themed shows to mark the Christmas season, the Almeida takes a distinctly different approach with its modern retelling of Sha…
Sometimes the joy in theatre is the opportunity to relish in two hours of pure imaginative escapism. At others, it's the chance to explore familiar turf, to remind ourselves of what we know,…
