Browsing: Theatre
If there were a theatre prize for grabby titles, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran would win it. Much as Tom…
If you are a fan of the cult BBC Three sitcom Ideal, you should immediately book a ticket for this…
In the 1920s, modernist author Virgina Woolf was in love with writer Vita Sackville-West. Both were married and had affairs…
Homer’s Iliad isn’t just a foundational Hellenic text: it’s the great primal myth of war, sacred and eternal. Its gods…
Our perceptions of the first world war are greatly shaped by RC Sherriff. His 1928 trench tragedy Journey’s End, a…
Even if you don’t know their name, you’ve probably heard of the Nadesalingams: the family of Tamil refugees living in…
Will we ever get over the Mitfords? Unlikely. This summer’s glossy TV treatment of their story, Outrageous, is the latest…
A town under military occupation refuses to buckle under. After a young deaf boy is shot while watching a puppet…
Under a stark spotlight a woman sings an ode to her stillborn son who was “born sleeping” 13 years previously.…
Forget William Shakespeare. This is Christopher Marlowe’s moment. Starring Edward Bluemel (My Lady Jane, Killing Eve) as hardworking, wary Will…