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'Staircase' at Southwark Playhouse
The Two’s Company has uncovered and revived yet another forgotten play. Half a century later, coming back onto the British theatre stage...
Elissa Vinh
Jun 28, 20213 min read


NT At Home Review: Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of George III
In the introduction to the play’s text, Alan Bennett claimed that the eighteenth-century ‘was not an inspiring period’. Funnily enough,...
Natty Sae Jew
Aug 20, 20202 min read


'A Streetcar Named Desire' At The Young Vic
Tennessee William’s three-act hit play takes a modern revamp at the Young-Vic yet underdelivers even with the aid of a star-studded cast...
Yana Yadav
Jul 2, 20203 min read


NT Live's 'Frankenstein': The Problem of Staging Frankenstein’s Creature
The combination of a literary classic and Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones — I mean, acting ability…— made the the National Theatre’s...
Ciara Williams
Jun 9, 20202 min read


'Twelfth Night': a brilliant update on the Shakespearean comedy
In a twist on the Jacobean tradition of casting male actors in female roles, the National Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night has taken...
Callista Saputra
May 4, 20202 min read


'Treasure Island' at The National Theatre
Providing another well-timed reprieve from lockdown’s monotony, Bryony Lavery’s 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-loved...
Micheal Head
Apr 23, 20202 min read


Ask Me Anything - In Conversation with Co-Director Jemma McDonnell
Ask Me Anything is a play about us. It is about our stories; our grievances; our experiences; our memories. The Paper Birds Production...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Mar 23, 20203 min read


Monsoon Wedding – a Musical: In Conversation with Mira Nair
It’s 2002. Monsoon Wedding has just released, and the world is enchanted by Mira Nair’s spun story of marriage, reunion, healing, and...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Mar 21, 20205 min read


Wolves Are Coming For You - King's Players
Wolves Are Coming For You takes place in a small, nameless town over the course of 24 hours. We are introduced by way of its community:...
Mathilde Hunt
Mar 20, 20203 min read


'Freedom Hi' At The VAULT Festival
In the intimacy of the VAULT Festival pit, Freedom Hi takes its audience through a hard-hitting, emotional, and oftentimes difficult...
Theodora Dumitru
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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