Review: Follies, National Theatre
For the first time, Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Follies is being staged at the National Theatre. Created by Sondheim and bookwriter James Goldman, Foll...
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Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, National Theatre
“That’s the thing with coloured folks – they always wanna have a good time”. I’m paraphrasing, but in this one line Lucian Msamati’s Toledo perfectly sums up th...
Review: Teddy Ferrara, Donmar Warehouse
Teddy Ferrara at the Donmar is a rare thing: utterly absorbing, politically urgent and polished to a tee. Christopher Shinn’s play is about the LGBTQ community ...
Theatre news: Mark Haddon and Simon Stephens on creating the multi Olivier Award-winning play: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won seven Olivier awards on Sunday night, including Best New Play. If you've seen Curious Incident, which t...
Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone announces Open Court festival
This morning, the Royal Court Theatre announced Open Court, its summer festival (10 June – 20 July) of plays, ideas and events chosen and suggested by a gro...
State of Play: Are Plays like Chicken Soup with Barley still worth reviving?
Last Friday I went to the Royal Court to see Arnold Wesker's 1958 play Chicken Soup with Barley. Director Dominic Cooke’s revival comes 51 years after its...