Monday, September 19, 2016
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 09:38AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 17, 2016
Experimental family drama is very powerful, but its theatrical form is too complicated for its own good.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 15, 2016
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 12:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 14, 2016
The family is a war zone. Bam, bam, bam. For some people, it can be the most dangerous place on earth. Its weapons include domination and betrayal, blackmail and abuse, and its frontline is …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:00PM[SHARE]New coming-of-age play is not only quirky and funny, but also moving and theatrically thrilling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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 09:08AM[SHARE]Monday, September 12, 2016
We're living in the age of the small play. Although there are plenty of baggy epics around on our stages, they are outnumbered by the small and short two-hander, whether it is John O'Donovan…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:58PM[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 10:20AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 10, 2016
Drama about the 1970s and 1980s South American debt crisis is too long, too derivative and too predictable.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Ever since Lucy Prebble's hit masterpiece, Enron, opened our eyes to the possibilities of staging plays about global finance in a thrillingly theatrical way, the hunt has been on for another…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:16PM[SHARE]Scottish Gogol adaptation is a thrillingly contemporary account of damaged masculinity and national identity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:25PM[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 06:12AM[SHARE]Monday, September 5, 2016
Alice Birch’s third-wave feminist roller-coaster from 2014 is both thrilling and messy (mostly in a good way).
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:24AM[SHARE]Friday, September 2, 2016
Alice Birch is one of the most exciting playwrights to have arrived in the past five years. This restaging of the brilliantly titled Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. " which was first put on …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:19PM[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 08:43AM[SHARE]New two-hander about love and exploitation offers a powerful image of racism and injustice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 1, 2016
New two-hander about petty criminal youth in Ireland packs a strong emotional punch amid its hilarity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Kenneth Branagh’s final show in his West End season is a revival that is slick, but a bit passionless.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:20AM[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 04:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 30, 2016
For the final show in his year-long stay at this West End address, Kenneth Branagh has chosen to revive and star in John Osborne's 1957 play. By doing so, he finds himself once again treadin…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:31PM[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 08:32AM[SHARE]Friday, August 26, 2016
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 11:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 24, 2016
New play about Africa’s deadliest conflict is more of a heroic failure than a successful drama.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Do you carry a small part of the Congo every day on your person? Probably. Your mobile phone will contain coltan, aka columbite tantalum, which is used to make your electronics work better. …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:25PM[SHARE]Monday, August 22, 2016
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 10:13AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 20, 2016
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 10:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 17, 2016
New play about personal identity and the digital world is strongly felt, but a bit too short.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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 04:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2016
Sheer joy and excitement as Lee (‘Billy Elliot’) Hall adapts book about six convent girls, with miraculous results.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:14AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2016
If you like the feeling of leaving a show, surrounded by the gently glowing faces of happy fellow audience members, then this is one for you. It's a musical evening full of joyful singing " …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2016
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