Review: Julie, National Theatre
This updated version of Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie, drops the Miss, and plunges us into a modernised upstairs-downstairs conundrum. In Polly Stenham’s upda...
Carrie Cracknell
Review: Oil, Almeida Theatre
We live in the hope that the future will be better than the reality we have today. That there will be better opportunities, more advanced technologies, more fre...
Review: The Deep Blue Sea, National Theatre
The Deep Blue Sea was first performed in 1952, a few years after it was written by the already successful playwright Terence Rattigan. Based largely on Rattigan...
Review: Macbeth, Young Vic
It's probably not too bold to say that Shakespeare has been done every way possible by now. After all, he's had a few years to run on, he's out of copyright so ...
Review: Medea, National Theatre
Can Greek tragedies really resonate with audiences today? Can they still have that powerful, enlightening and cathartic effect they were originally intended to ...
Feature: Michaela Coel – a powerhouse
Playwright, actress, singer and poet, Michaela Coel is a busy woman, I learn, as I manage to grab a few minutes with her on a two-show day: she’s currently ...