In a visceral and dynamic live-action reinterpretation of the famous 17th century puppet show, writer / director Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and …
Cyberspace begins to look like a hostile place for women, as dangerous as a frat party. Females log-on at their peril.
The post Theater Review: "Jordan" " Technology Packs a Sucker Punch app…
Turbine, LondonMatthew Needham stars with tremulous assurance as the witty, sharp-tongued drag queen of Harvey Fierstein's 70s drama
Theatre seems one of our crazy nation's few growth indust…
The music gives Shakespeare's text that extra flair that is a Driftwood Theatre signature, but the commentary on our social-media, phone-obsessed culture feels shoehorned in, writes Carly Ma…
"[Puppeteer Sarah] Nolen wanted a new challenge: save Judy from centuries of unfair abuse and repurpose her story as an empowering allegory for audiences of all ages." Roxanna Myhrum, artist…
By Roxanna Myhrum. Roxanna Myhrum looks at the history of the iconic puppet show Punch and Judy and Sarah Nolen's feminist adaptation of it, Judy Save the Day.
Roy Williams' seminal play Sucker Punch is set to make a revival as part of the new season announced by Theatre Royal Stratford East and will mark 10 years since its premiere at the Ro…
A PUNCH IN THE GUT Raw as realism requires, good plays about boxing are more than just Rocky slugfests. Like Clifford Odets' seminal Golden Boy, they transform an atavistic popular dis…
Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a wakeup call to the conscious and unconscious abuse of children and adolescents " psychological, sexual, physical " that plagues our society.
John Bunzel may be a veteran film and television writer, but he has never wandered far from his roots in the theater, where he has been plying his trade for more than 30 years. Anyone who ha…
The idea still makes people uneasy but two new plays " Fighter and The Sweet Science of Bruising " explore the courage, pain and history of women boxers
'I always try to say this without sou…
Since its Broadway debut in 1992, Falsettos has been hailed as a moving love story and a profound exploration of masculinity and sexuality. The 2016 Broadway revival continued to garner grea…
