Monday, August 12, 2019
Rare Philip King play tries to turn a farcical situation into a serious drama - and it doesn't quite work.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, August 10, 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 07:00AMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. One from the archives...
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, July 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 01:00PMMonday, July 29, 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 01:00PMSaturday, July 20, 2019
Star cast delivers a terrific revival of Tennessee Williams's last masterpiece The Night of the Iguana at the Noel Coward Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, July 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 11:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2019
The Harry Potter team presents a hyped up state-of-the-family play in The End Of History and it just falls flat on its face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSunday, July 14, 2019
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at the Royal Court Theatre, a bright new two-hander about an internet troll being trolled is intelligent, lively, provocative and funny.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFriday, July 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 11:00AMMichael Frayn’s meta-comic masterpiece Noises Off easily stands the test of time; even when things go wrong!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, July 8, 2019
Europe at the Donmar Warehouse is a magnificent revival of David Greig’s 1990s visionary classic which is timely, tough and tender, brutal and brilliant.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSunday, June 30, 2019
The Hunt, a striking stage version of Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm’s 2012 film, is full of intensity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFriday, June 28, 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 10:00AMWednesday, June 26, 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, June 24, 2019
Bitter Wheat, the most controversial play of the year, is almost certainly also going to be the worst.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, June 23, 2019
Citysong at the Soho Theatre is a beautifully written, poetic journey through time and space in Dublin.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, June 21, 2019
Caryl Phillips’ 1980 Windrush classic Strange Fruit is a bit too masculinist and verbose, and poorly staged.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, June 18, 2019
Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama Sweat vigorously massages the wounded heart of rustbelt America.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, June 15, 2019
Long-overdue revival of a wartime classic, Terence Rattigan’s While the Sun Shines offers an evening that is full of hilarity and insight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, June 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 11:00AMSunday, June 9, 2019
Wife at the Kiln Theatre is a decade-hopping epic about marriage and sexual identity which joyfully celebrates the art of theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, June 6, 2019
Sarah Kosar’s new play Armadillo at the Yard Theatre, about guns and power, is an edge-of-your seat experience which is both frightening and troubling.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, June 5, 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, June 4, 2019
Revival of Githa Sowerby’s 1912 classic of industrial patriarchy Rutherford and Son is worthy but rather cumbersome and inaccessible.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, June 1, 2019
Julia Pascal’s retelling of the Medea myth in Blueprint Medea situates the story in the contemporary struggle of the Kurdish people for their own homeland.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, May 28, 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 11:00AMSaturday, May 25, 2019
Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, May 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 10:00AMMonday, May 20, 2019
One woman’s journey to explore the legacy of the slave trade is brilliantly personal and provocative in salt. at the Royal Court Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMSunday, May 19, 2019
White Pearl at the Royal Court Theatre, a new satire about the cosmetics industry and race, plays with stereotypes but is only mildly funny.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM 
