Monday, November 20, 2017
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 12:00PM[SHARE]David Greig's triumphant version of Aeschylus arrives in London trailing banners of glory.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]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]Saturday, November 18, 2017
Continental drama, in this era of Brexit negotiations, seems to be rarer and rarer on British stages. But, luckily, there are some venues which buck this parochial trend.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 16, 2017
From its haunting title, to its moments of explosive dialogue, this is a modern classic, which when it was first staged won Mamet the Pulitzer Prize. Set in Chicago, it shows a group of slic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]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 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 15, 2017
It's about three in the morning on a Saturday night in the living room of a one-bedroom flat in Crouch End. Laura is a 38-year-old managing director, and it's the tail end of her housewarmin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 12, 2017
Set entirely in a one-roomed hut in the Scottish Highlands, The Retreat tells the story of thirtysomething Luke, who has quit his high-powered City job to become a Buddhist. But just as he i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 9, 2017
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 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, November 6, 2017
Small is beautiful. And that is because two-handers can sometimes reach parts that other, bigger, plays fail to touch. This is certainly the case with Stewart Pringle's Trestle.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 4, 2017
Harry Potter satire burns bright — new play about storytelling examines a children’s book craze.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]The Slaves of Solitude is set in the winter of 1943. We are in the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, in Henley-on-Thames.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 3, 2017
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 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 2, 2017
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 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 30, 2017
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 01:00PM[SHARE]Brand-new London theatre from the two Nicks is wonderful, but its first show is disappointing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 27, 2017
This site-specific version is a bit of a gimmick, and while one part of me yearns for the play to be allowed to speak for itself, another just relishes the novelty of this revival's setting.…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 26, 2017
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 10:00AM[SHARE]A new baby is like an alien invasion: it blows your mind and it colonises your world. For any couple, parenthood can be both exalting and devastating, with the stress hugging the relationshi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 25, 2017
After DC Moore's flawed Common comes Mullarkey's similarly flawed Saint George and the Dragon. Taking the myth of George, the legendary dragon slayer and rescuer of damsels in distress, the …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 23, 2017
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 08:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 22, 2017
Albion begins with Audrey, played with indefatigable energy by Victoria Hamilton, in the garden of her deceased uncle's family home, deep in the English countryside. She has bought the prope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 20, 2017
Text of the day: “Well, what’s happening is if you’re Northern, you’re getting butchered, it’s like Game of fucking Thrones.”
The post Labour of Love app…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 19, 2017
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 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 16, 2017
New two-hander is a highly stylised account of a positively Ballardian reality: contemporary nihilism rules.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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 11:00AM[SHARE]Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham try their best in unconvincing rom-com, which is predictable and portentous.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC Hunter's A Day by the Sea, first staged in 1953, is a good example. Today, its name is chiefly…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 9, 2017
Classic 1953 play by the English Chekhov is fascinating, but rather dated in its values and too clumsy in its production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 7, 2017
B starts innocently enough with Marcela, a young woman, being comforted by Carmen, her older neighbour. Apparently, her boyfriend has been blown up by a terrorist bomb.
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