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"We Need to Look at It So That We Don’t Let It Happen Again": Robyn Orlin on Choreography About the Apartheid
By all accounts, Robyn Orlin appears to be yet another dancer from a long lineage of dancers. “My mother was a dancer, my aunt was a...

Rose de t’Serclaes
Mar 143 min read


Re-interpreting 'The Seagull' for the 21st Century with Broken Wings and Billy Bragg: Barbican Theatre Review
Cate Blanchett’s Arkadina upholds equal parts grace and comedy and captures our respect. She wields absolute command over the stage.
Ashley New
Mar 146 min read


Through the Ranks: Reviewing ’Richard II’ at the Bridge Theatre
★★★★ | When Jonathan Bailey takes his place upon the throne as Richard II, he is sprawled across the grand chair, exuding the effortless...
Emma Todbjerg
Mar 84 min read


Choosing Change in This Journey to the 'Otherland': An Almeida Theatre Review
Bush delves into the complexity and breadth of experiences that exist within womanhood itself; this is a deeply affective watch.
Ashley New
Mar 75 min read


Theatre Royal Haymarket Review: Is 'The Score' a relic of a bygone theatremaking era?
Brian Cox, as Bach, delivers a solid performance with a grandiose energy that harkens back to an older, less naturalistic style of acting.
Arianna Muñoz
Mar 63 min read


Reviewing 'Alterations' at the National: This Tailor Shop Comedy Has Audiences in Stitches
This show excellently weaves in light-heartedness alongside the more profound, so the NT's added spectacle to abstract it feels unnecessary.
Amy Calladine
Mar 44 min read


Rebecca Frecknall Makes a Little Temporary Magic: Reviewing A Streetcar Named Desire's Outstanding West End Transfer
Frecknall tethers us to Blanche’s psyche in an acute way. It is as though the other characters can see the new world while Blanche cannot.
Amy Calladine
Feb 244 min read


Budding Choreographic Stars: A Dancer's Retrospective of the Bloom Prize Finalists
Both pieces were crafted, edited, and perfected with an attention to detail that experienced choreographers lose over time.

Rose de t’Serclaes
Feb 226 min read


The Rose Prize is A Promising Concept with a Disappointing Outcome for the Future of Dance
The winning piece felt like a technical exploration of a concept rather than a fully fleshed, impactful piece. Utterly incomprehensible.

Rose de t’Serclaes
Feb 147 min read


Foiled by Fate, Felled by Failure: Reviewing 'Oedipus' at the Old Vic
Rami Malek is also much less likeable than I’d hoped for, his Oedipus is far from the tragic hero that I was expecting to root for.
Ashley New
Feb 115 min read
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