REVIEW: Dead and Kicking
Reading Time: 2 minutesA witty tragicomedy about a woman’s fight to be considered alive
Category Drama
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Katharine Farmer
Reading Time: 4 minutesReimagining Simon Stephens’ 2015 play a decade later, Katharine Farmer’s new direction of Heisenberg reinterprets the story of identity and loneliness as a queer female romance.
REVIEW: PYGMALION
Reading Time: 2 minutesOxford Theatre Guild’s Pygmalion. Set in early 20th-century London, Pygmalion follows Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl with aspirations beyond her station.
REVIEW: F**KING MEN
Reading Time: 2 minutesDiPietro adapts Arthur Schnitzler’s controversial play La Ronde, written in 1897. It follows a series of ten individuals linked by sex. F**king Men, plants gay men in the middle of this modern retelling.
REVIEW: The House Party
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt 18, a night of partying can feel like the perfect escape, a brief moment where all the pain and uncertainty of growing up fades into the background. But, as The House Party reveals, that fleeting relief often doesn’t last.
REVIEW: The Jewish Dog
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe importance of not forgetting is the foundations of The Jewish Dog. When atrocities happen, we tend to want to bury them and forget that they even took place. We want to move on and carry on from before they happened, not quite knowing how we fit in.
REVIEW: The Women of Llanrumney
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Women of Llanrumney is a play set in 18th century colonial Jamaica and places Wales's role in the transatlantic slave trade firmly in the spotlight.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: S.Dylan Zwickel and CKC Production Company
Reading Time: 4 minutesS.Dylan Zwickel’s Moss Maidens is set in the year 1941 and Isa, Rini, Silke, Helena, and Floor are five ordinary teenage girls living in a midsized Dutch town. They spend their days gossiping about their classmates, dreaming about their futures, and trying not to catch the eye of any of the Nazis that have taken up residence in their town.
REVIEW: Everyone’s Worried About Eve
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone’s Worried About Eve is a delightful amalgamation of Miranda-esque comedy and riveting drama, exploring the many facets of ‘confrontation’. We are introduced to Eve (Alex John), an autistic woman navigating frightening social situations while grieving the death of her twin sister.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Shafeeq Shajahan
Reading Time: 6 minutesSHAFEEQ SHAJAHAN: If You Could See Me Now (The Bollywood Guide To Revenge) is coming to Soho Theatre