62 stories by "Rebecca Latham"
I can imagine watching 64 Squares during the later years of high school and being very envious of what I was seeing on stage. Even with two feet firmly placed in my 20s, I am in awe of the a…
An increasingly common phenomenon is the opportunity to watch a recording of a live show within a cinema. This was my first encounter. Viewing a live performance from the confines of a cinem…
Since the premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production in 1985, Xerxes has been enjoying overwhelming critical praise, winning the Oliver award for outstanding new production in 1985. The most r…
The bleak, concrete setting married with the breathtaking backdrop of London's bewitching skyline adds a welcome texture to one of Shakespeare's more bloody works, Titus Andronicus. Peckham'…
The Tea Diaries is an undeniably charming piece of theatre about the unifying power of tea. The playwright, Phoebe McIntosh, ingeniously uses the beverage as a thematic device that helps to …
From the solar system to a re-imagining of a Tolstoy novella, it seems that no topic is too audacious for the New English Ballet Theatre. Tryst: Devotion and Betrayal is a bold chain of five…
Christopher Boone is the central figure in 2003's Whitbread Book of the Year, by Mark Haddon. Boone has proved to be as appealing to the theatre world as he undeniably is to the literature o…
18th-century prostitutes taking part in boxing matches is certainly not your run of the mill theatre. Punching Jane, written by Jessica Farley and Ed Young (Tiny Dog Productions) demonstr…
Neil LaBute, perhaps best known for his play-turned-film The Shape of Things, is equally as observant and surprising in his 1999 Bash: Latterday Plays currently showing in Studio 2 at Trafal…
Sean Foley’s Jeeves & Wooster Perfect Nonsense has been recast and, undoubtedly, it will elicit the same enthusiastic responses as the prior team. Previously played by Mathew Macfa…
Richard Eyre’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata makes a comfortable return to the Royal Opera House for its 20th anniversary. Even for audience members who are fresh to…
David McVicar’s production of Gounod’s Faust, set in 1870s Paris, is back at the Royal Opera House and brings with it some fresh as well as familiar talent. The main stage is …
