REVIEW: Dreaming and Drowning
Reading Time: 2 minutesPremiering at the Bush Theatre, 'Dreaming and Drowning' is a Mustapha Matura Award-winning play written and directed by Kwame Uwusu.
Category Drama
REVIEW: Medea
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a courageous attempt to breathe new life into a play deeply embedded in our cultural heritage for over two millennia, the Oxford University Classical Drama Society takes on the formidable challenge of presenting Medea.
REVIEW: A View From The Bridge
Reading Time: 3 minutesBleak but beguiling, this new production of Arthur Miller’s ‘A View from the Bridge’ starts off slow, but soon strikes a chord as time goes by.
REVIEW: Racing Tortoise Tempo Slow
Reading Time: 2 minutesRacing Tortoise Tempo Slow is a one-woman semi-autobiographical show about a young actress’ struggles to get into theatre school, until she is helped by George, a giant tortoise.
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have never been made so acutely aware, in less than 80 minutes, of the fears that haunt the British white middle class.
REVIEW: Boy Parts
Reading Time: 3 minutesEliza Clark's novel "Boy Parts" has been adapted for the stage, offering a darkly comic critique of gender power dynamics in the 21st century. The show examines the challenge of inverting the male gaze, using the character of Irina Sturges, a strong female protagonist who exploits men for her art. Despite its exploration of female agency and critique of contemporary media, the play's portrayal of gender dynamics falls short of being revolutionary or effectively challenging the imbalance of the male gaze.
REVIEW: Constellations
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes’.
REVIEW: Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe week before Halloween is a wonderfully atmospheric time for the Liverpool Playhouse theatre to host Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula written by Mona Pearson and directed by Sally Cookson.
FEATURE: World premiere of Bindweed
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Mercury Theatre, HighTide & New Wolsey Theatre have jointly announced the world premiere production of Martha Loader’s award-winning play Bindweed.
HIGHLIGHT: Invisible Animal
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspired by writer and actor Tom Manning’s experiences growing up autistic in a world built for neurotypicals, Invisible Animal follows Tom as he faces up to his internalised ableism.