After witnessing segregation and tribalism at the school gates, actress Félicité Du Jeu wrote Spiked to show “what mothers have in common rather than focus on their differences”.
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Before you enter the theatre, you are asked to join a special WhatsApp group as part of the show. For once, we are not asked to switch off our phones.
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James Fritz’s new play is bold, fresh and acutely observed – but also an incredibly uncomfortable theatrical experience.
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Emi Howell’s play, about the British-Iranian charity worker currently imprisoned in Iran, is political theatre at its best.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ searing satire on magazine journalism was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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I saw Anatomy of a Suicide the night of the election. As it turned out, it could have described the results.
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Andrew enters in a dishevelled school uniform. He looks young: 16. He’s never been here before. He stands and stares for a while. He goes over to one of the ...
Matt Parvin, this week’s author, will soon see his debut play premiere at the Finborough Theatre in Earls Court.
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A Puppet Tale is the first of a new fortnightly feature publishing short plays by some of the most exciting emerging theatre practitioners.
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In our second round-up, a meditation on grieving, a factually-driven examination of the refugee crisis and a tale of loneliness in the social media age.
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In this exhilarating debut, a young man at a crossroads is haunted by a murderous urban fox.
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In our latest VAULT round-up, two new writing talents and a unique electronic immersive experience.
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The fractured Abigail at the Bunker Theatre is like watching an episode of Art Attack if the TV had turned off halfway through.
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Has the digital era of Facebook and Tinder destroyed the game of love? B.L. Sherrington reviews a pair of plays by an award-winning Australian playwright.
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Camilla Whitehill’s debut play is short, but it sure packs a hell of a punch.
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The Acedian Pirates, by debut playwright Jay Taylor, is not afraid to take on themes of warfare and the power of myth.
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Stuart Slade’s inventive, rich BU21 – which imagines a horrific terrorist attack on London – shows that a play can explore issues of grief and calamity without ever being a ...
Florence Keith-Roach’s Eggs, which has just finished its run at the VAULT Festival, is the mark of an impressive talent.
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Last month, Sophie Sellars attended Foyles’ inaugural New Writers Evening – and came away invigorated.
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The mid-life crisis of a bored housewife is certainly nothing new – one need only watch Shirley Valentine. How does this new play, by hotly-tipped young writer Sarah Simmonds, measure ...
