The creator of the hit musical Five Guys Named Moe, Clarke Peters, conjures up a vibrant and colourful picture for us to dive in, giving us glimpses of not just ...
With the best use of its simple elements, the play (literally) takes us places, through visionary and poetic storytelling.
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Setting Othello in early 20th century India is a radical choice, and one that brings with it a number of risks.
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Nina Raine’s play – about lawyers and their private lives – has just transferred from the National Theatre to the West End under the direction of Roger Michell.
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In 2005, Mike Bartlett’s formally experimental Not Talking found a home on BBC Radio 3 after being rejected from multiple theatres. In 2018 – amazingly – it is being performed ...
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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This play written seventeen years ago hits us with a very contemporary dilemma. How do two people who love each other – and yet have a clear sense of their ...
In 1958, The Birthday Party was so widely panned it closed after eight performances. Sixty years later, enjoying one of the starriest revivals in the West End.
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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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Bad Roads – a form of oral history about the ongoing war in Ukraine – is a political act, documenting a shocking reality in a conflict characterized by fakery.
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Lola Arias’s melancholic study of the Falklands War is a strange and poignant show about war and memory.
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Second-time playwright Sharon Raizada takes a good marriage, puts it in a carriage with no seat belts and pushes it down the London rollercoaster.
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Terry Johnson’s portrait of legendary British cinematographer Jack Cardiff is a lovely tale of decline and twilight without an ounce of doom.
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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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Hir, Taylor Mac’s raucous black comedy about small-town American values and trans politics, is both daringly subversive and very, very funny.
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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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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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Neil Bartlett’s take on Albert Camus’ seminal novel is bold and effective – even if it sacrifices some important scenes in the name of economy.
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John Webster’s The White Devil, writes Simon Fearn, must be one of the most cynical plays in the canon.
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