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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Text of the Day: Emma Rice on Shakespeare 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 12:45PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 31, 2016

MAGNIFICENCE " Finborough Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Overdue revival of Howard Brenton’s mixed-up 1973 play is too messy and incoherent

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:15PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 28, 2016

AMADEUS " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Revival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is more a musical triumph than a textual one.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:57AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Text of the Day: Pigeon English 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 08:25AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

HARROGATE " Royal Court & touring by Aleks Sierz

Al Smith’s debut play about love, perversion and memory is both electrifying and emotionally satisfying.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:23AM[SHARE]

Text of the Day: Travesties 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 08:10AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 24, 2016

BLUE HEART " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Great revival of Caryl Churchill’s classic 1990s double bill is theatrically thrilling and emotionally true.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AM[SHARE]

Text of the Day: Oil 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 06:25AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 23, 2016

SKIN A CAT -The Bunker Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New short play about sex and shame is partly a campaign tool and partly a plea for openness and understanding.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 21, 2016

Text of the Day: The Dresser 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 07:49AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 20, 2016

THE RED BARN " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

David Hare’s latest is a superb adaptation of a Simenon thriller that is set in the United States.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Text of the Day: Shopping & F***ing 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 08:23AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Blue Heart, Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Q: How do you review a show that includes lines that ask "can my mouth swallow my mouth"? A: With difficulty, but I should be okay as long as I resist the temptation of being as surreal as C…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:08PM[SHARE]

OIL " Almeida Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New epic about mothers and daughters in the age of oil is wonderfully ambitious, but deeply unhistorical.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 17, 2016

The Red Barn, National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

At first, I was a bit confused by the play's title. After all, David Hare gave his 1998 adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde the moniker of The Blue Room, which coincidentally is the s…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:56PM[SHARE]
Saturday, October 15, 2016

THE DRESSER " West End by Aleks Sierz

Great work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wallowing in its own Britishness.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:33AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 14, 2016

SHOPPING & F***ING " Lyric Hammersmith by Aleks Sierz

Twentieth-anniversary revival of 1990s zeitgeist play is flashy, loud and fun, but also lacks emotional connection The post Shopping and F***ing, Lyric Hammersmith appeared first on Aleks S…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 13, 2016

The Dresser, Duke of York's Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The best way to line up the stars is to offer them a chance to act in a play about the theatre. For this, Ronald Harwood's The Dresser has a good track record: its original West End outing s…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:18PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Shopping and F***ing, Lyric Hammersmith by Aleks Sierz

Playwright Mark Ravenhill's 1996 Royal Court debut was not the decade's most shocking piece of theatre, but its title was, and is, certainly the one that troubles producers and publicists th…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:36PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 10, 2016

Text of the Day: The Libertine 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 11:15AM[SHARE]

Celebrating Arnold Wesker at the Royal Court by Aleks Sierz

Yesterday, I was extremely glad to attend the Wesker Celebration, which was organised by playwright David Edgar, professor Pamela Howard and publicist Anne Mayer, at the Royal Court.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:40AM[SHARE]
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Text of the Day: Girls 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 08:52AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 6, 2016

TRAVESTIES " Menier Chocolate Factory by Aleks Sierz

Tom Hollander stars in fiendishly clever Stoppard classic which argues for the immortality of genius.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:05AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Text of the Day: Pilgrims 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 09:17AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Travesties, Menier Chocolate Factory by Aleks Sierz

Is this the most dazzling play of a dazzling playwright? First staged in 1974, Travesties is the one which manages to squeeze avant-garde novelist James Joyce, DaDa godfather Tristan Tzara a…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 3, 2016

PIGEON ENGLISH " West End by Aleks Sierz

New play from the National Youth Theatre is energetic and lively, but a bit unsettling in its portrayal of the poor.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Text of the Day: James Shapiro on Shakespeare 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 05:30AM[SHARE]
Friday, September 30, 2016

Text of the Day: Torn 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 11:00AM[SHARE]

GIRLS " Soho Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New captive drama is well-written in a symbolic vein that helps to humanise the story behind the headlines.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:18AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

THE LIBERTINE " West End by Aleks Sierz

History Boy Dominic Cooper triumphs as the Restoration rake Rochester in revival of 1994 biog drama.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:08AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

The Libertine, Haymarket Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Restoration theatre has the reputation of being a rake's paradise " all those randy young aristos in hot pursuit of buxom wenches. But even in the depths of 17th-century playwriting, there w…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:55PM[SHARE]

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