Reading Time: 2 minutesA striking and colourful story of inheritance and the fight for the throne Set over 2,000 years ago during the nomadic empire in Mongolia, The Mongol Kahn digs up the nation’s ancient roots and gives us a…
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter taking on the Edinburgh Fringe to great success in 2017, Apphia Campbell’s reimagined Through the Mud — previously named WOKE — has taken residence at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh with a limited run in collaboration with Stellar Quines
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is 1850 London, during a time of revolution across Europe, and Karl Marx has written his manifesto and has fled to England where he is safe from arrest.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis October, Edinburgh has been abuzz with the exciting arrival of a world premiere!
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis fly-on-the-wall depiction of a true story leaves you wanting to know more Farm Hall, written by Katherine Moar, centres on the story of six of Germany’s top nuclear scientists, who are detained by the Allied forces…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA thought provoking production delivered with style. This is a lesson you really want to attend Lessons on Revolution is described as “documentary theatre,” which is a phrase that I had not come across before but definitely…
Reading Time: 3 minutesOperation Epsilon tells the story of a group of German scientists who were sequestered in an English manor house near the end of WW2 and spied on by the British to see how close they were to creating an atomic bomb. Directed by Andy Samberg and written by Alan Brody, this play shines a light on a little-known part of history, and uses real life transcripts of the conversations these scientists had, plus a whole lot of creative license, to make an interesting and thought-provoking show.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt's hard to tell how many times a timeless tale can be retold without losing its appeal and becoming predictable or dull. However, Tanika Gupta's ambitious adaptation of the Dickensian chronicles of the British class convinced me that great stories can still be relevant today if they carry a message that resonates with current societal issues.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRide is a new British musical performed first in March 2020 (before the world closed down) and currently showing at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant.