950 stories by "Laura Kressly"
Compagnie XY live and work together, sharing each other's rhythms and routines. The work they make as a collective captures this ebb and flow of human energy and emotion within a larger grou…
With the glorious sunshine and packed building, it's a great day to see some of the outdoor work. Sexcentenary, a collective of older women addressing issues around gender, feminism and agei…
Part of the reason I wanted to come to Buzzcut is that I find it hard to write about live art. I don't dislike it, far from it " I have a broad but uninformed appreciation of it. But my thea…
The DIY/anarchist vibe is strong " a hand painted banner stretches across the front of the building and the ornate hall used as a the cafe/bar/community hub/place for announcements is simila…
Fly to the front line. Sing some songs. Win the war. Live happily ever after. Sounds easy, right? That's the idyllic goal that two queers, an unmarried mother and an unborn child feel in Mat…
Sam and Clara live the ordinary, domestic life of a young professional couple, until Sam's sister Sophie turns up unannounced. The playful, carefree young woman eventually chameleons into so…
Cressida Carré's clever direction effectively demonstrates the pack mentality that is in place in this environment, investigating how far people are willing to go to keep the tribe strong "…
You can be who you want to be, right? Rob, a driving instructor in modern day Romford, believes himself to be an 8th century Chinese poet from the Tang Dynasty.
The American dream is a tantalising thing. Even the grubbiest kid from New York, the son of a nobody dentist, can become a film star and producer. This is Robert Evans' story, the man respon…
Luke Wright's jovial demeanour and impressive word hoard sit at odds with his smudged eyeliner and black leather jacket. The unassuming performance poet skulks to the mic, breathes, then unl…
How do we cope when we don't get what we want? How do we beat a system that is set up to make you fail? Custody asks just these questions, as we are taken on a two-year journey of a family's…
Contemporary pop culture is awash with true crime stories: NPR's Serial, HBO's The Jinx and Netflix's Making of a Murder are just a few titles that have recently gripped public imagination. …
Equally devastating and hilarious, Hwang makes his characters vibrant and alive rather than fully relying on stereotypes and shallow humour to generate laughs. Though the script is over-conv…
Grace and Marcus are a picture perfect, upper-middle class married couple, even with their opposing politics.
Do social media and violence against women go hand in hand? Are we all rendered voyeurs or exhibitionists by the internet? Is the web the downfall of society?
Andrea isn't very well. In solitary confinement at some sort of secure facility, she has no one to talk to other than those who briefly visit and those who live in her head.
There are loads of jokes and stereotypes about life within a heterosexual relationship " women talk too much, men don't understand the difficulties of pregnancy, LTRs feel like a burden, and…
Stylistically revolutionary as it was when first written, Marlowe's Tamburlaine is still a clumsy brute of a play (not unlike Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus) that has plenty o…
Roy lies in a hospital bed suffering from depression and unable to move. When he meets little Alexandria he sees an opportunity to escape, but must first gain her trust.
We are Dr Bailey's freshman class in Draper Hall, a housing estate community space in Elephant & Castle newly doubling as a performance venue run by veteran Italian polymath Stefania Bo…
Rhoda is the picture-perfect 1950s American child. Obedient, clever and helpful, she is a dream for any parent. But after the death of a classmate who won the penmanship medal Rhoda coveted,…
Hartleby, Ooglemore and Jeramee are at the beach. It's a beautiful, sunny day and the three are having a grand time, even though they can only use three words. The beach is full of potential…
The all-female play looks at the complex and controversial landscape of commercial surrogacy in India through the microcosmic relationship between three parties " the surrogate, the doctor a…
Laura and Dave are hosting a housewarming party at their newly-bought fixer-upper in Peckham. The young couple invite the audience in groups assigned to a character, facilitating a quick ent…
Families separated by war and conflict have kept in touch one way or another for time immemorial. Recently giving way to skype, texts and emails, letter writing is now largely neglected " bu…
