Feature: Latitude preview – the RSC
Were you to make a list of acts who may play music festivals, the Royal Shakespeare Company would not necessarily be a name which featured highly. You’d probabl...
Feminism
Incoming Festival preview: Remote Control Theatre
Remote Control is not afraid to suffer for its art. It is a company that uses theatre as a means of probing into the darker recesses of human nature. This was e...
Feature: Bitch Boxer – “I just wanted to know what it was like. To hit and be hit.”
When I ask Charlotte Josephine how she began writing for the stage, she tells me her primary motivation was one of frustration. While auditioning for drama sc...
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 ...
Review: Blurred Lines, NT Shed
I almost shouted with glee during the first few minutes of Carrie Cracknell’s new feminist piece, Blurred Lines, at the National Theatre Shed. The eight ac...
Feature: “Is ‘Fleabag’ a feminist action? Absolutely”
"People immediately assume it's you", says Phoebe Waller-Bridge when I ask about the challenges of performing her own writing. "We had that conversation early...