REVIEW: The Coral
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis production of Georg Kaiser's The Coral, directed by Emily Louizou and presented by Collide Theatre, is a solid and engaging work.
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REVIEW: Eureka Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe show in question is Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Katy Rudd, making its UK premiere after a 2019 run in the States
REVIEW: Sus
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Sus’, written by Barrie Keeffe is a contrast of cultures, politics, race and perspectives on morals and values.
HIGHLIGHT: Interview with Emily Louizou
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Emily Louizou to discuss her company's - Collide Theatre - latest production, The Coral. This is the first time Georg Kaiser's play (part 1 of the Gas trilogy) will be played in the UK in over 100 years.
REVIEW: Spicy White
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom her own perspective, the character Elena, played by Marta Bonito, guides us through her decision to move to a new country, what led to that decision, the stereotypes a Portuguese woman faces in London and the differences between dating Portuguese men versus English men.
REVIEW: The P Word
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt its heart, The P Word explores Britain’s broken asylum system through the life of Zafar (Esh Alladi) as he hangs in limbo between deportation and finding a new home.
REVIEW: Silence
Reading Time: 2 minutesSilence is a play adapted from Kavita Puri’s Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Ishy Din and Alexandra Wood.
REVIEW: The Trials
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the heart of The Trials, Dawn King’s urgent new play, running at the Donmar Warehouse after its 2021 premiere in Dusseldorf. The best way I can describe it is if Gen-Z did 12 Angry Men. In a future where climate change has rendered much of the world uninhabitable, children adjudicate on their parents and debate whether the self-interest of older generations led them to doom future ones.
REVIEW: Bloody Difficult Women
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBloody Difficult Women is the new play from Tim Walker directed by Stephen Unwin showing at Assembly Ballroom this August. The show follows the lead up and events during Gina Miller's case against the government.