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Saturday, February 13, 2016

Text of the Day: Nell Gwynn by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:13AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 12, 2016

Nell Gwynn, Apollo Theatre by Aleks Sierz

As a subject for drama, theatre history is always popular in the West End. Between Mr Foote's Other Leg, which has recently closed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and Mrs Henderson Presents,…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:17PM[SHARE]

Text of the Day: Owen Sheers on Pink Mist by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:27AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 8, 2016

BATTLEFIELD " Young Vic by Aleks Sierz

Peter Brook revisits The Mahabharata with more philosophy than politics, and with a perfection that ultimately feels chilly.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Text of the Day: Escaped Alone by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:40PM[SHARE]
Friday, February 5, 2016

Battlefield, Young Vic Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Legendary director Peter Brook makes theatre that teaches audiences to be human. Now 90 years old, he brings his latest project to London from Paris, where he has been based at the Bouffes d…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:43PM[SHARE]

IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New Welsh monologue focuses on the sacrifices demanded from its young female heroine, but what are its politics?

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Text of the Day: Jan Kott on Shakespeare by Aleks Sierz

Quote of the day: “What I have in mind is not a forced topicality, a Hamlet that would be set in a cellar of young existentialists.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:06AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Text of the Day: Yen by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:56AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 1, 2016

PINK MIST " Bush Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Verse play about British soldiers returning from Afghanistan is harrowing and moving, but perhaps a touch too polished.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:31AM[SHARE]
Saturday, January 30, 2016

ESCAPED ALONE " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New Caryl Churchill play returns to the fantasy world of Churchillia, where banality is totally invaded by horror.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:37AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 29, 2016

Text of the Day: Dominic Dromgoole on Shakespeare by Aleks Sierz

Quote of the day: “Many have tried to deify Shakespeare.”

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:26AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Escaped Alone, Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Caryl Churchill is a phenomenon. Now 77 years old, she remains not only prolific but also immensely inventive, having notched up more than 35 original plays, many of which have been innovati…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:50PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Text of the Day: Herons by Aleks Sierz

Text of the day: I was thinking about Ross, Adele, and Bergsie.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:32AM[SHARE]

YEN " Royal Court by Aleks Sierz

Powerful play about brothers comes storming into Sloane Square from Manchester, trailing tenderness and terror.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:35AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Pink Mist, Bush Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The war in Afghanistan has not exactly been neglected by contemporary British theatre, and the plight of returned soldiers is a standard trope of new writing. These distant wars function in …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:28PM[SHARE]
Monday, January 25, 2016

Yen, Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Feral kids are a media stereotype, but they make good strong subjects for drama. In Anna Jordan's new play, which was first seen at the Manchester Royal Exchange last year after winning the …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:46PM[SHARE]

CLICKEBAIT " Theatre 503 by Aleks Sierz

New play about internet porn is both an entertaining fable and a disturbing vision of corruption.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:18AM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 24, 2016

On Eric Bogosian's 100 Monologues by Aleks Sierz

Award-winning American actor and playwright Eric Bogosian has gone mammoth.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:45AM[SHARE]
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Text of the day: The writer on holiday by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:31AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 22, 2016

HERONS " Lyric Hammersmith by Aleks Sierz

Unmoving revival of Simon Stephens' teen-bully play sacrifices emotional truth to trendy directorial gimmicks.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]

4000 DAYS " Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New drama about traumatic amnesia is based on a good idea, but is just too bland to stay long in the memory.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:01AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Herons, Lyric Hammersmith by Aleks Sierz

Be careful what you wish for. I've always moaned about the fact that British theatre is too naturalistic, and that its stagings are too banal, full of quotidian detail and a specific sense o…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Text of the Day: Jane Wenham by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

4000 Days, Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

It is a nightmare scenario: you have an accident that leaves you comatose. You are out of action in hospital for three weeks and then, when you wake up, you gradually realise that you don't …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:45PM[SHARE]
Monday, January 18, 2016

THIS WILL END BADLY " Southwark Playhouse by Aleks Sierz

Trio of monologues about suicidal masculinity roars its way through the theatre and burrows deep inside your mind.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:06AM[SHARE]
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Text of the Day: P'yongyang by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 15, 2016

This Will End Badly, Southwark Playhouse by Aleks Sierz

You have to admire Rob Hayes's choice of titles. Although his latest doesn't quite have the shock value of Awkward Conversations With Animals I've Fucked, his 2014 Edinburgh Festival hit, Th…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:14PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Text of the Day: Mark Fisher on criticism by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:03AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 11, 2016

JANE WENHAM, THE WITCH OF WALKERN " Arcola Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The best theatre is controversial theatre, but some controversies just make you want to weep. Out of Joint theatre company has been touring Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Jane Wenham: The Witch of Wal…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:53PM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 10, 2016

P'YONGYANG " Finborough Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Does Neil McPherson, artistic director of this fringe venue, have a direct line to the North Korean capital? In an uncanny coincidence he is opening In-Sook Chappell's new play about everyda…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:15AM[SHARE]

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