Review: Dead on Her Feet
“I’m gonna fill these seats with the biggest losers in the world!” declares unscrupulous show promoter Mel Carny, eyes and smile widening as he pronounces t...
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Review: Brimstone and Treacle
Brimstone and Treacle is arguably not so controversial now as when it was originally written for TV in 1976 (but still wasn’t screened until ten years later as ...
Suburban hell: Matti Houghton on Brimstone and Treacle at the Arcola Theatre
Actress Matti Houghton tells us about the darkness and desperation of Dennis Potter's most controversial play, opening at the Arcola Theatre this week.
Dreams and desperation: The Conquest of the South Pole
Actors Chris Ashy and O-T Fagbenle chat about bringing Karge's take on benefits, booze and the power of dreams to life.
Review: Purge
I left the Arcola Theatre’s performance of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge in a state of shock, the tension in my ribcage palpable. The play is about how the Estonian ...
Review: Freedom
There are few titles more vague than Freedom. In Rick Limentani’s play (quite possibly the first ever written about opium farmers in Tajikistan), it’s the n...