180 stories by "Helen Hawkins"
The Menier opens its new second stage with this podcast-turned-play
What counts as offensive in these days of cancel culture? Ham-fisted pronoun usage? Culturally appropriated hairstyles? To…
Martin McDonagh's breakthrough play dazzles anew
"You can't kick a cow in Leenane without some bastard holding a grudge for 20 years," sighs Pato Dooley (Adam Best) prophetically; he has alr…
Can a runaway slave help a black actress love the theatre more?
Jasmine Lee-Jones has a hard act to follow - namely, herself. Her award-winning 2019 debut play, seven methods of killing kyli…
Debut work from Benedict Lombe is a red-hot poem of protest
What's in a name? In Benedict Lombe's incendiary debut play at the Bush Theatre, the answer to this question encompasses a whol…
Intriguing, inventive play from Jack Thorne and Headlong
Limbo, in Jack Thorne's latest play, is a room lined ceiling-high with drawers, a sort of morgue rebooted as a vast filing system. It…