Posted by Matt on 2 November, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I didn’t enjoy the Lyric Hammersmith’s revival of Blasted – but you’d think I was sick if I said I had, right?
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Posted by Matt on 29 September, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Shadow of Sean O’Casey; “Britain’s most provocative playwright”; “Get dressed. The big fellah’s on his way.”
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Posted by Matt on 24 March, 2010 · Leave a Comment
4.48 Psychosis is a gift for a director. Kane’s text – her last – is more prose poem than script, lacking stage directions or delineated characters: a nearly blank slate onto which a director can impose context, character and narrative.
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Posted by Matt on 18 February, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Theatre Delicatessen couldn’t conceivably have picked a more ideal play with which to kick off their latest found-space residency. Mercury Fur is a perfect fit for a bold young company (provided it’s staged with maturity), as well as for the space.
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Posted by Matt on 2 October, 2009 · 1 Comment
In the final 15 minutes, The Author is revealed for what it has really been all along: a daring act of self-flagellation by Crouch on behalf of provocative art and controversial artists.
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Posted by Matt on 8 May, 2009 · Leave a Comment
If anthropogenic climate change is the greatest challenge currently facing mankind, then right now Steve Waters’ The Contingency Plan at the Bush Theatre is the most important artwork in the country.
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Posted by Matt on 12 March, 2009 · 3 Comments
It’s all too easy to remain detached from the subject of Iraq. Stovepipe aims to pick us up off the sidelines and deposit us bodily into the midst of the relief effort.
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Posted by Matt on 18 February, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Incest is a theme that can’t help but eclipse all others in its power to raise a reaction. This play is going to offend some people – and isn’t that the litmus test for vital art?
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Posted by Matt on 14 January, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In Roaring Trade at the Soho Theatre, playwright Steve Thompson takes the risky stance of apologist for the short sellers, lifting the lid on the cutthroat culture of high-risk bond trading.
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