Monday, March 25, 2019
Triumphant, if crude, the West End transfer of Emilia is a heartfelt account of a Renaissance woman who has been hidden from history.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, March 22, 2019
Fantastic collaboration between Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe results in the really amazing show The Shape of Pain at Wilton’s Music Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, March 19, 2019
Tom Hiddleston is back! And in excellent form in Jamie Lloyd’s revelatory revival of the 1978 Pinter classic Betrayal.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, March 18, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, March 14, 2019
Return of Tom Ratcliffe’s play Circa about gay life in today’s Britain: but it’s better at generalisation than at being specific.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
Tatty Hennessy’s debut play A Hundred Words for Snow is a female monologue about loss and polar exploration that retains its attractive brightness and sass.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, March 11, 2019
Alys, Always, a adaptation of Harriet Lane’s psychological and satirical bestseller, is neither vital, nor convincing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, March 8, 2019
Christopher Haydon, the former artistic director of the Gate Theatre in London, has written the book About The Art of the Artistic Director.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, March 7, 2019
Inside Bitch, a new show about representations of women’s prisons in the media, is quite good fun, but a bit pointless.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, March 4, 2019
The final episode of Florian Zeller’s domestic trilogy, The Son, is powerfully, even melodramatically, effective.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, March 2, 2019
There is a Field, a new play about two East End brothers is a strongly felt account of Islamism and addiction – cracking stuff.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, February 18, 2019
Terrific revival of largely forgotten playwright James Saunders’ 1977 modern classic in an energetic and thrilling production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, February 14, 2019
David Suchet is majestically magnificent in this excellent revival of Arthur Miller’s 1968 family drama The Price.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, February 11, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, February 9, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, February 8, 2019
Cougar, a new two-hander about an older woman and a younger man is a bit sketchy, but its theatre form is thrilling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, February 7, 2019
Superhoe at the Royal Court is a bright new monologue about coming of age in the Instagram era that really rocks its youthful socks.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, February 5, 2019
Tom Wright’s My Dad’s Gap Year, a new play about gender fluidity and family love, has some good moments.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSaturday, February 2, 2019
Martin Crimp’s new play, When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other at the National Theatre, has been hyped because of its star, Cate Blanchett, and rightly so: it’s a five-star show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, February 1, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, January 31, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, January 30, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, January 28, 2019
Borderline Theatre is a laudable undertaking, but sadly Welcome to the UK at the Bunker Theatre is neither funny nor original.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, January 21, 2019
Frantic Assembly’s latest, The Unreturning, is a moving meditation on war and masculinity, thanks to playwright Anna Jordan.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM 
