140 stories by "Maddy Costa"
(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich.) You saw the show " the one with the rave reviews …
National Theatre, LondonMichaela Coel's firecracker of a monologue is an exploration of friendship, sex, race and faltering self-belief In a famous scene from Lena Dunham's TV show Girls, a …
Camden People's theatre, LondonKindle's double bill fuses theatre and music: Lady GoGo Goch transforms Welsh heritage with a loop pedal, while A Journey Around My Skull evokes every slice of…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonMadness looks confusing " and a lot like ordinary life " in this dramatic argument for a new way to treat mental illnessEarlier this year, Jon Haynes, co-artistic…
Soho theatre, LondonSharmila Chauhan's interrogation of an Indian feminist utopia wears the issues a bit too much on its sleeveAya, the wife at the heart of Sharmila Chauhan's knotty new pla…
The Shed at the National Theatre, LondonAn inexorable rush of thought and idea, full of mystery and marvel " much like the great text that inspired itOlwen Fouéré's microphone stand is a t…
Gate theatre, LondonSteffan Rhodri delivers Rodrigo GarcÃa's argument for the soothing power of high art with crackling energyAt 14, the unnamed protagonist of this acidic Spanish short p…
Birmingham RepAn anarchic children's TV show is remembered by a trauma survivor 35 years later in Told by An Idiot's new show, but the energy is in the lovingly recreated custard-pies-and-al…
Stratford Circus, LondonIn this Fingersmiths production of Bryony Lavery's play, characters appear in duplicate " one using speech, the other signing " to tell the story of child abductionTh…
Kate O'Flynn has become a powerful stage presence with her line in outspoken northerners. The actor talks to Maddy Costa about going to extremesEarly in 2013, Kate O'Flynn hit the Lyttelton …
When artists approach the Israel-Palestine issue, it's not usually with dance troupes and drag queens. But that's just what Israeli-born Nir Paldi's controversial new show doesCertain art fo…
Bryony Kimmings and her niece Taylor have invented a pop star for the 21st century " and inspired my children to change the worldWhen theatre comes with a stipulated age range, I'm a firm be…
RashDash are the punk princesses of late-night theatre. As their new show opens, they tell Maddy Costa why they're putting the 'feral' into fairytaleTheir late-night shows at the Edinburgh f…
New theatre show Blurred Lines, provoked by last year's summer pop smash, puts misogyny and rape culture across all the arts in its sights. Director Carrie Cracknell tells Maddy Co…
Maddy Costa: Nature Theater of Oklahoma's audacious staging of one woman's life story not only detonated theatrical form – it got to the heart of what is to be aliveMaddy Costa
Ovalhouse, LondonThere's plenty of room for improvement on this cod-Edwardian schlock-horror farce burdened with cock jokesA year ago, British theatre came under attack from an east-Asian ac…
Does a performance space have to be built of bricks and mortar, or could it be made from pen and ink? Paper Stages reinvents the form " and function " of a play, writes guest blogger Maddy C…
The writer behind Matilda the musical and cult TV show Utopia is about to make his Royal Court debut. Not bad for a man who spent his 20s stacking shelves and fighting alcoholismSome people …
The boss of the big red Shed is quietly redefining what the NT is all about. For his latest trick: an experimental sound piece called The HushBen Power's job can be summed up in a half-sente…
As youth unemployment touches one million, a new outdoor theatre piece focuses on the problem " and the changes required to fix itWhen Nathan Curry says he likes "telling stories with a big …
Meltdown, Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBerlin-based artist, rapper and sex educationalist Peaches thrives on confrontation and subversion. On an average night in her company, that involves a …
He wrote one play that offended Syria, and another about mass shootings. So how did David Greig get the job of making Charlie and the Chocolate Factory into a fun-filled feelgood musical?The…
Theatre troupe the Team, known for their sharp critiques of America, tell Maddy Costa how a trip to Vegas inspired their musical about capitalism'We kind of love America," says Brian Hastert…
Like talking about theatre but not post-show Q&As? Taking a leaf from the popular book club model, there is now a promising alternativeTheatre is a communal activity, and sometimes the best …
This New York couple spent days on the phone to an ordinary, everyday girl " to turn her life into a 24-hour drama (with interval hot dogs). Is Norfolk ready for their show?Kristin Worrall i…
