Review: My Mother Medea, Unicorn Theatre
My Mother Medea flips the ancient tragedy of Medea on its head by removing the focus from the tragic heroine and placing it on her doomed children, while transp...
Greek tragedy
Review: Medea, Almeida Theatre
Medea as a Greek tragedy is a cathartic, stimulating work that challenges directors, actors and audience. The Almeida’s new production brings the story to a con...
Review: Hippolytus, The Hope Theatre
A black box room is the first thing you see when you enter The Hope Theatre. Watching Hippolytus, the second thing you see is actor Ben Scheck. Scheck, who play...
Blog: An actor writes – performing in a mask
That scary-faced old lady in the picture? That’s me. No, my face has not been ravaged by harsh stage makeup, tears from bad reviews and constant rejection,...
Review: Elektra
An epic and destructive blood-soaked tour-de-force, Strauss’ Elektra is no stranger to the Royal Opera House, already seeing revivals in 2003 and 2008. Beginn...
Camden Fringe Review: Ajax
Ajax takes its title from the famed warrior of Sophocles’s fifth century Greek tragedy. Driven mad by jealousy, Ajax attempts to murder his generals but is ...