Review: Josephine and I
Cush Jumbo is performing a knock-kneed Charleston. Her elbows extend, her legs kick and flail in every direction; she has transformed into an exuberant rubb...
Daniel Janes
Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
'It’s difficult to know where to start
With the strange undoing of Prudencia Hart.’
So begins David Greig’s eponymous revel,
In which a Scottish academic h...
Review: The Lady’s Not For Walking Like an Egyptian
In celebration of its fiftieth birthday, Kennington’s OvalHouse has been holding a season called Counterculture 50: a series of five theatrical works, each comm...
Review: Quartermaine’s Terms
In his curmudgeon’s gospel The Smoking Diaries, the late Simon Gray rued his unjust neglect by the modern theatre. In the main, this neglect continues: it i...
Daniel Janes
Daniel Janes is currently working on a documentary for BBC Two. He has blogged about arts, culture and history for Huffington Post UK and the New Statesman.