Ahnen, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler's Wells
You're already in the land of the unpredictable with Pina Bausch. Creating unease was her metier. But when she pulls a gag intended to convince you that something has gone badly wrong on sta…
You're already in the land of the unpredictable with Pina Bausch. Creating unease was her metier. But when she pulls a gag intended to convince you that something has gone badly wrong on sta…
You might think you know what you're in for with a play by Anders Lustgarten, winner of the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwright's Award and current go-to political activist for the Royal Cour…
This 1887 domestic drama by August Strindberg is rarely seen in London, and Abbey Wright's new production of Laurie Slade's new version might have seized the opportunity to give this gristly…
The critic James Christopher describes his first stage play as a black comedy, and the opening few moments set out the noir element efficiently enough, if not with any discernable humour. Ch…
In the beginning was the Word and, not long after, came a need for ritual purification. "When Adam was banished from Eden, he sat in the river that flowed from the garden. Adam immersed in t…
There is indeed something of Frankenstein's monster about the handsome young gardener, with his flat-top haircut and gym-bulked torso, who has come to mow James Whale's lawn. The retired Hol…
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Some ballets are dead, but they won't lie down