Matilda The Musical
Roald Dahl’s stories and their wild and quirky caricatures are an entrenched part of many a childhood. Despite an alleged aversion to children, the son …
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Tender Napalm Strikes Again
Tender Napalm – a striking title that does what Philip Ridley’s work always manages to do: infuse the bliss of benign fantasy with something terrifying …
Napalm and Nuclear Armageddon: Mercury Fur
Mercury Fur, Second Serving. I seem to be making a habit of re-watching plays at the theatre of late. But how could I resist a) …
I’ve created a monster: Mary Shelley
The subject may pertain to events almost 200 years old, but Shared Experience’s Mary Shelley is a thoroughly contemporary and familiar setting: philosophers decrying conformity …
Boys will be Boys: Posh at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Port Out, Starboard Home. While there may be little thought or knowledge about the word’s maritime beginnings, “posh” remains deeply rooted in British vernacular – …
Dirty Stop Out’s When Women Wee
Rachel Hirons’ When Women Wee first wowed and shocked us back in 2010 during Camden’s Fringe Festival. Now it is hosted by the Soho Theatre …
The Eifman Ballet’s Eugene Onegin at the London Coliseum
On Good Friday at the Coliseum I got to live all the Russian novels I have loved and devoured: the Eifman Ballet’s Eugene Onegin – …
Belka Production’s A Warsaw Melody
Following on from Purge, Sofi Oksanen’s exploration of the aftershocks of Soviet rule in Estonia, Studio Two at the Arcola Theatre gives us another U.S.S.R. …
The Duchess of Malfi at The Old Vic
An attractive Duchess is widowed and prevented from re-marrying by her brothers – one mad and incestuous, the other randy and clerical. But how can …
Shivered at the Southwark Playhouse
That’s twice in one week Snuff Films have popped up onstage. This time a soldier is decapitated and recorded on a mobile phone and then …