Thursday, January 12, 2017
New play about casual work is thinly written and lacks dramaYou could call it the Corbynisation of new writing. In the past couple of years, a series of plays have plumbed the lower depths, …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:04PMMonday, December 19, 2016
Revival of Shaw classic is a tour de force for Gemma ArtertonHow’s this for a Christmas-week story? Joan, a young peasant girl – played in this version by the charismatically attractive …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:18PMMonday, December 12, 2016
Top director Ivo van Hove makes an uneven National Theatre debutTheatre conventions are a funny thing. Today, it’s actually quite difficult to see a modern classic dressed in the clothes a…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:24PMFriday, December 9, 2016
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s television hit returns to the stage – and still rocksIt’s television, not theatre, that has real power. Real cultural force. Cultural muscle. Take the case of Ph…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:54PMThursday, November 24, 2016
New drama about generational tension and nuclear disaster is metaphor-heavy and lacks energyOver the past decade, one new theme in particular has emerged in contemporary British new writing:…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:54PMThursday, November 17, 2016
New drama about our desire for a simpler life is intriguing, but flawedThe beauty of the past is that it’s a foreign country, and you don’t need a visa to visit it. With the free movemen…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:12AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Welcome return of boxing drama, which is thrilling if a bit hard to followWith the Bush Theatre’s main building undergoing renovations, this company’s shows are being staged in a selecti…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:24AMFriday, November 4, 2016
Joe DiPietro’s cult hit is enjoyable, but rather predictable in form and contentFollowing no less than three smash-hit, sell-out runs in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe, the King’s He…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36PMHARROGATE, ROYAL COURT THEATRE Al Smith's play about love, perversion and memory is electrifyingAl Smith's play about love, perversion and memory is electrifying What’s incest got to …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AMAMADEUS, NATIONAL THEATRE Revival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is a musical triumphRevival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is a musical triumph Populist playwright Peter Shaff…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AM 
