Review: Utopia
"Utopia: a place or state of things in which everything’s perfect. The opposite of Dystopia." The brilliant irony of this sentence is that one person’s utop...
Veronica Aloess
Michael Lesslie’s prince: Hamlet for our generation
Shakespeare gets in your head, according to Michael Lesslie, whose Hamlet prequel, Prince of Denmark, plays at the National as part of NT Connections this week. He tells us more.
Review: Tender Napalm
There’s a moment in Tender Napalm – one of many – when your stomach clenches, and the friend I came along with droped all pretensions and had to clutch my h...
Review: MEAT
MEAT is a play that takes a while to get your teeth into, but once you do, it’s tough content to chew. With the first physical confrontation, the initial humdru...
Review: Stories Before Bedtime
Sitting back in the comfy, cosy Criterion Theatre as the lights go down, I can’t help but already feel a sense of contentment wash over me. Through these late n...
Veronica Aloess
Veronica Aloess is currently Duty Manager of the Battersea Arts Centre and a freelance writer. She has written subtitles for major production companies and channels including the BBC, and written for publications including The Stage, Broadway Baby and One Stop Arts. She trained at Arts Educational Schools London Sixth Form and graduated with a First in English and Creative Writing from Brunel University, as well as completing a year with MGC Futures and the Soho Young Company.