1,125 stories by "Natasha Tripney"
Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea is a strange and slippery play. Having been recently appointed as artistic director of the Young
David Ives' Venus in Fur is as much about power as it is about sex. More precisely it's about power in the
Launching a year-long season of Oscar Wilde's work along with his new Classic Spring company, Dominic Dromgoole's production of A Woman on
The party's over. Laura and Danny are the only ones left. It's late and they're both a little drunk " and more
The cavern that is the Olivier is a difficult space to fill. Its size seems to encourage an epic sensibility in the
Reanimation is a tricky thing. Time is a variable you ignore at your peril. There's a argument to be made that Mel
First staged in New York in 2015, Simon Stephens' two-hander, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, is an attempt to fuse elements of romantic
Angus Jackson's production, the fourth in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Roman season, opens with a drawn-out sequence in which a forklift truck
The whims and wishes of the gods feature prominently in Christopher Marlowe's early, infrequently performed play. Dido, the Phoenician queen, and her
Mrs Stilson has been untongued by a stroke. This one-time wing-walker, now in her 70s, has lost her words. In this revival
Sara Pascoe is a woman who knows funny. Jane Austen is no slouch on this front either. The comedian's new stage adaption
For a play that chiefly consists of men in suits sitting around tables smoking and talking, JT Rogers' Oslo is gripping stuff.
Ira Levin's 1978 play Deathtrap is a simultaneous sends up and salute to the mid-20th century stage thriller. Sidney Bruhl, a has-been
She's gone by many names " Boudica, Boadica, Bonduca " the warrior queen of the Iceni in her chariot, with her daughters
Sex is central to Rita, Sue and Bob Too " the film version was released with the tag-line 'Thatcher’s Britain with her
Set in a catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s, John Patrick Shanley's 2004 Pulitzer-winning play, Doubt, pits the school's staunchly
With its depictions of arrogant, feuding politicians accused of contravening the will of the people, Shakespeare's Coriolanus is highly pertinent to the
There hasn't exactly been a shortage of Hamlets of late, but what marks Tom Hiddleston's apart is its exclusivity. Directed by Kenneth
The Edinburgh Fringe is over for another year. The streets are free of flyers. Normality has reasserted itself. Here are six of
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe may have had its curtain call, but many shows that played there can now be seen elsewhere across
Darkness is a canvas. Â We fill it with our fears. We populate it with monsters of our making. Glen Neath and David
Imitating the Dog has explored the relationship between live performance and film in its work before. Nocturnes is intended as a homage
Patricia Rodriguez and Merce Ribot are having a party. With a messy Brexit looming and no guarantees that EU citizens will have
Samuel Beckett's Not I is a notoriously difficult piece to perform. Delivered at ferocious speed, it's regarded as test of any actor.
Irish company Malaprop Theatre is interested in all the ways technology is remaking our romantic lives. While the company's other show, BlackCatfishMusketeer,
