As one half of a twin pairing myself, I’ve always been drawn to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; and it’s hard to imagine that Shakespeare, himself the father of twins, was not aware of the remarkable bond that twins share.
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A Psychedelic Trip of Immense Proportions: Hair The Musical at The Vaults
Hair the Musical is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a marvellous performance at The Vaults theatre in London, boasting all the psychedelic and exciting madness of the 60s in an intimate performance space.
Read More Romantics Anonymous: Exuberant, Hilarious, and Decadent with a Hint of Awkward
As you enter the small, intimate space of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, you are greeted by enthusiastic actors dressed in black-and-white striped shirts and red neckerchiefs, immediately transporting you to France. You are presented with a piece of chocolate to be saved for the magical moment the play begins. Unless you’re me, who, unable to…
Read More Yukio Ninagawa’s Macbeth at the Barbican
Yukio Ninagawa’s Macbeth, first brought to the UK in 1987, marked the beginning of director’s international reputation for transporting the classics of western drama to a Japanese setting. Three decades later, and just a year after the director’s death, the production has once again graced our shores as part of the Ninagawa company’s world tour…
Read More After the Rehearsal/Persona – Toneelgroep Amsterdam
The third, and final, part of Ivan van Hove/Toneelgroop Amsterdam’s Barbican residency is a double bill of short film adaptations: both from popular Swedish writer Ingmar Bergman; both with the same cast; and both somewhat cryptic pieces covering themes of personal identity and truth in the theatre.
Read More A Machine They’re Secretly Building
“To keep you safe” becomes a haunting mantra over the course of A Machine They’re Secretly Building – and with good cause.
Read More Scorch
‘Gender fraud’ has become a buzzword amongst UK tabloids in recent years. A high-profile example is Kyran Lee: a transgender man convincted in 2014 of one count of sexual assault by penetration on the basis of “gender fraud”. Scorch, by Prime Cut Productions, follows a story in a similar vein.
Read More The Vagina Dialogues
It is difficult to think of the new play The Vagina Dialogues without associating it with Eve Ensler’s famous The Vagina Monologues in 1996. But that is not to say that this production piggybacks off Eve Ensler – instead, it gives us a well-needed update on feminist dialogue.
Read More Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Medicine
We all know and love Roald Dahl. If you’ve read George’s Marvellous Medicine, or any of his books for that matter, you’ll know that Dahl wrote from his own experiences. In fact, he created some marvellous medicine of his own.
Read More Education, Education, Education
It’s May 1997. Tony Blair has won the general election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. We become witness to a typical day at Wordsworth Comprehensive. Things are about to get so much better, right?
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