Review: The Threepenny Opera, National Theatre
Bertolt Brecht: hated by students who don’t understand him, loved by the rest of us who still don’t really understand him. The Threepenny Opera is perhaps his m...
Bertolt Brecht
Review: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Royal Opera House
News of funding cuts for some of the UK's most iconic arts institutions last summer, most notably the English National Opera, may have spurred creatives to thin...
Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Unicorn Theatre
It’s exciting to see Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle made so palatable and engaging for young audiences at the Unicorn Theatre near London Bridge. Brecht’s ...
Review: Silent Partners
Silent Partners opens with direct contact from Jonathon Gibson. He plays Eric Bentley, the American academic and critic whose relationship with Bertolt Brecht i...
Exit Stage Left: What value do clichés have in the acting world?
We’ve all had those moments of sudden self awareness in life when we realise we are acting out a genuine cliché. Whether it’s coming home from a bad day at wo...
Review: Five Truths, V&A Museum
In a blacked-out box within the Theatre & Performance section of the Victoria and Albert Museum sits Katie Mitchell's installation piece, Five Truths. T...