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 05:05AMNew drama about our desire for a simpler life is intriguing, but its ending is a bit flawed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:35AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45AMPhilip Ridley’s 2015 Edinburgh hit comes south trailing clouds of exquisitely excruciating agony.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:10PMNew work about Fifty Shades of Grey, Kathy Acker and the body is allusive and strange.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:45PMWelcome return of last year’s American hit boxing drama, which is thrilling if a bit hard to follow.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhy is comedy, in the words of the cliché, such a serious business? One reason is that what we laugh at says a lot about who we are as a nation; another is that the simple “joy of laughte…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMJoe DiPietro’s cult hit is enjoyable enough, but rather predictable in both form and content.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:15AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:34AMNew play about a young working-class woman’s experiences in 1960s London is small, but inspirational.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:05PMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:45PMOverdue revival of Howard Brenton’s mixed-up 1973 play is too messy and incoherent
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:15PMRevival of Peter Shaffer’s most famous play is more a musical triumph than a textual one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:57AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:25AMAl Smith’s debut play about love, perversion and memory is both electrifying and emotionally satisfying.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:23AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:10AMGreat revival of Caryl Churchill’s classic 1990s double bill is theatrically thrilling and emotionally true.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:25AMNew short play about sex and shame is partly a campaign tool and partly a plea for openness and understanding.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:49AMDavid Hare’s latest is a superb adaptation of a Simenon thriller that is set in the United States.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:23AMQ: How do you review a show that includes lines that ask “can my mouth swallow my mouth”? A: With difficulty, but I should be okay as long as I resist the temptation of being as surreal …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:08PMNew epic about mothers and daughters in the age of oil is wonderfully ambitious, but deeply unhistorical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45AMAt first, I was a bit confused by the play’s title. After all, David Hare gave his 1998 adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde the moniker of The Blue Room, which coincidentally is t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:56PMGreat work from Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith saves a nostalgic drama from wallowing in its own Britishness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:33AMTwentieth-anniversary revival of 1990s zeitgeist play is flashy, loud and fun, but also lacks emotional connection The post Shopping and F***ing, Lyric Hammersmith appeared first on Aleks S…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AM
