The Children

Theatreworkers with children face 'damaging' discrimination, report claims by Matthew Hemley

The “discriminatory” nature of the arts sector against working parents is laid bare in a major new report, which highlights the emotional and

The Children's Museum of Manhattan's First "Dance Your Way Through December" Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

Review: Transgender 'Street Children,' Out on a Pier by Charles Isherwood

Pia Scala-Zankel's play, a Vertigo Theater production at the New Ohio Theater, follows youths living on the streets of New York in the 1980s.

Kids Now Casting: Voiceover Roles in Children's Musical and More

Young, highly skilled vocal talent is needed for voiceover roles in Christian children’s musical, “Don’t Stop Believin’.”    The production seeks acto…

Street Children Proclaim the Right to Be Fabulous in the Face of Adversity by Olivia Clement

The cast and creators of Street Children bring the untold story of New York’s ’80s queer community to life—though it doesn’t feel like a whole lot has changed.

THE CHILDREN " Royal Court Theatre by Carole Woddis

A great wave has engulfed the coast with consequent damage to the nearby nuclear power plant. Within this framework, Kirkwood builds a wonderfully delicate portrait of love, marriage and ten…

Street Children

Street Children Off Off Broadway, Vertigo Theater Company at New Ohio Reviewed by Charlotte Arnoux BOTTOM LINE: A vogue-tastic window into the 1980s on the Hudson Piers. We are in 1988 Ne…

The Children review " Lucy Kirkwood's subtle take on baby boomers by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court, LondonBaby-boomer guilt goes nuclear in Kirkwood's ingenious new play, with fine performances from Francesca Annis, Ron Cook and Deborah FindlayBaby boomerism. Is it the last ac…

Street Children Brings '80s New York City Queer Culture to Life December 2 by Olivia Clement

The world premiere by Pia Scala-Zankel features an ensemble of transgender, queer, and gender fluid actors.

THE CHILDREN " Royal Court Theatre by Ian Foster

Lucy Kirkwood's new play further ups the ante in making her protagonists sexual beings, her trio of retired scientists are battling not only the fallout from nuclear disaster but from the co…

Review: 'The Children,' in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse by Matt Wolf

The play by Lucy Kirkwood is at the Royal Court; also reviewed are "The Sewing Group" by E.V. Crowe and a revival of Somerset Maughan's "Sheppey."

The Children, Royal Court Theatre, London " review

Lucy Kirkwood's drama is tightly confined but tackles huge issues

THE CHILDREN " Royal Court Theatre by Laura Kressly

Millennials blame baby boomers for a lot. As a millennial, albeit one born in the boundary year (if I were 6 months older I would not fall in this much-maligned generation), I very much alig…

Text of the Day: The Children by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Review: The Children at curtainup.com-London by Lizzie Loveridge

Lucy Kirkwood's new play looks at the world after a nuclear power station disaster and the scientists who people it. James Macdonald directs Francesca Annis, Ron Cook and Deborah Findlay .

A sensory-friendly 'Velveteen Rabbit' is a theater occasion for all children by Nadia Eldemerdash

This theater is bringing the priceless message of a modern kids' classic to a show that includes everyone.

REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Children at the Royal Court Theatre by Emma Clarendon

The Children, the latest play from Chimerica multi award winner Lucy Kirkwood, is brought to life thanks to James Macdonald's production, starring Deborah Findlay, Francesca Annis and Ron Co…

Pilot scheme offering free theatre trips for children launches by Georgia Snow

A government initiative that will give more than 600 children in disadvantaged areas free access to cultural activities, including theatre trips, is

THE CHILDREN " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Drama about generational tension and nuclear disaster is rather metaphor-heavy and lacks energy.

Children of Community by Sharon Hoyer

The Children, Royal Court, London, review: Lucy Kirkwood is the most rewarding dramatist of her generation by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Kirkwood's three-hander which centres on two retired nuclear scientists living in an isolated cottage after a Fukushima-type power station disaster will stay with you long after the cur…

The Children review " Kirkwood's slow-burning drama asks profound questions by Michael Billington

Royal Court, LondonFrancesca Annis, Ron Cook and Deborah Findlay give fine performances in a post-apocalyptic play that is genuinely disturbingLucy Kirkwood astonished us in 2013 with the ep…

Review: Review: The Children (Royal Court)

Lucy Kirkwood's latest play is an allegory for climate change, and a portrait of the baby-boomer generation

BWW Review: THE CHILDREN, Royal Court, 24 November 2016 by Alexandra Coghlan

Three sixty-something retired scientists talk to one another in a remote seaside cottage for two hours. It doesn't sound like theatrical gold, but in Lucy Kirkwood's deft hands, an unassumin…

The Children review at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London " 'provocative and accusatory' by Natasha Tripney

Lucy Kirkwood is really good at pushing buttons. She follows NSFW and Chimerica, both provocative in their way, with The Children, an