Glitterland is a country where the politicians perform daily. It is an act in which they deny their corruption, and an act in which they must present themselves as perfect citizens of a "won…
It is a grim reality, rarely acknowledged in our everyday lives, that most of us have little idea of where our food comes from. Each time a video surfaces that demonstrates the horrific slau…
Adapted from her own book of the same title, Soho Theatre welcomes Sarah Cameron's The Red Chair into the throng, in all its linguistic richness. A delectable, albeit overlong, flowing monol…
Taking inference from Ben Okri's novel The Famished Road, Benji Ried brings his 2007 show Mr Sole Abode to Shoreditch Town Hall. Constituting a brief insight into the solipsistic and fabrica…
The Old Red Lion's black box space has been transported to an uncertain and confining 1984 Leeds pub. I feel claustrophobic as the tiny space is made tinier by oppressive walls of corrugated…
Firstly, I was so glad to see so many children and young people at the performance, albeit brought by their wealthy parents. The Magic Flute still reigns as the first pick for an introductio…
In 2000, four women were found dead in their home in Leixlip, County Kildare. Frances Mulrooney and her three nieces, Josephine, Brigid Ruth and Catherine had chosen to starve themselves to …
Image credit: Max Johns 'One of the reasons I'm a playwright rather than, say, a novelist, is because I love connecting with a live audience in shared space' explains Bea Roberts, Devon-born…
Image Credit: Tax Credits @ Creative Commons The little-known legal facts that could see thousands of filmmakers in court Disclaimer: Briony Rawle talks big, but is not a trained lawyer. Her…
Known for his eccentric and often visually glorious productions, American director Peter Sellars has created his own version of Henry Purcell's The Indian Queen, transforming what was an unf…
Rosie's parents can't pay the bills. While most children now use their imagination to focus in on the iPad, Rosie hasn't got one. She's got ice-lolly sticks, and at night they transform i…
Torben Betts’s Muswell Hill does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a depiction of middle-class, middle-aged lives in a middle England faux-suburb " attracting a similarly middle…
Following the London riots of 2011, the media began to be aware of the term 'domestic extremist', which had been coined by the Metropolitan Police, ostensibly to describe people it was watch…
A white canvas stage, ripe for splatter-painting, greets the audience of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric Hammersmith. This is the second show in Secret Theatre company's 48-hour per…
Image: John Wildgoose Shakespeare's Globe have released their financial report for last year. The theatre saw its highest box office takings for five years in 2014, as well as attracting …
Image credit:Â Anthony Robling At the moment I'm directing Uncle Vanya, our first production for the Quarry stage in our Spring season, it includes one of graduate actors, David Leopold, a…
After premiering to critical acclaim in 2014, CELL, a new collaboration by Little Cauliflower and Smoking Apples, is heading out on a UK tour. It’s the story of Ted, who sets off on a …
Image credit: Susan Luciani The classic 1918 Japanese story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa Hellscreen, which follows an artist's descent into a world of hellish greed and obsession – acc…
Image credit: Bahman Farzad Creative Commons My official role within the theatre is a director. Sure I act too but most of my time is spent at the back of the auditorium making notes, drinki…
Image credit: Amit Lennon "It's designed to open up the theatre and Shakespeare to secondary school children." This is the bold opening declaration from Georghia Ellinas, Head of Learning at…
Artists' rights and principles are complicated issues. It's tempting to take Katurian, the writer imprisoned by a totalitarian regime in The Pillowman, as a stand-in for the playwright Marti…
Loserville follows the story of Michael Dork (Luke Newton) and his friends who are about to change the world… but nobody knows it yet. Michael is on the brink of something that could chang…
Mark Rylance and Melody Grove sparkle as the royal couple in this story of the curative power of music. Farinelli and the King is a historical drama, housed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse wh…
Jason Robert Brown can do much better than Honeymoon in Vegas. Brown, the composer of shows like Parade, The Last Five Years and The Bridges of Madison County, is capable of great artistr…
For reasons that should be clear from my bio picture, I have a soft spot for Carole King, because of her hair. On the cover of Tapestry, it's a giant, wispily centre-parted, glorious stateme…