A review of the ultimate expression of theatre in 2020, c-o-n-t-a-c-t. In which I enjoyed the concept more than the play itself, but again admired the creativity of people who are making theatre possible in 2020. c-o-n-t-a-c-t: is it a Play? Is it an App? Well, it’s Both! c-o-n-t-a-c-t, or c-Ω-n-t-α-c-t (or however you want […]
A review of Beat The Devil at the Bridge Theatre. In which it’s good to be back at a live theatre performance, and one which couldn’t be more topical! Hello Again Bridge Theatre! Beat the Devil is the first of a series of monologues that the Bridge Theatre is staging in repertory between late August […]
A review of the sound installation Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. In which I was thrilled to be back in a theatre, and so impressed by what the Donmar has produced. Back in a Theatre! Oh how I have missed live theatre! And this isn’t quite live theatre, but it’s very close. In some respects […]
“That was wackadoodle.” – Me, directly after seeing it. “Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkovich?” – My SO, requesting a guest blogging spot. Wackadoodle in a good way? Partly. This collaboration between theatre and music, commissioned from Michael Sturminger by the Philharmonie Hamburg is currently touring an interesting variety of locations (London, Birmingham, Groningen), as necessitated by […]
I very much admire Complicite’s work. As you will have spotted from my reviews I’m more often drawn to big names when booking cultural outings, but Complicite is a theatre company I’m more than happy to take a chance on, even when it means spending a Sunday afternoon indoors reading German surtitles. This production didn’t […]
I quite like when I come out of a play with a realisation that I need time to process it: what did it mean? Did I like it? Did I think it was any good? Nice Fish is definitely one of those plays for me, and I would add to my list of questions in […]
Waiting For Godot Let me preface this by saying I had only ever seen Beckett performed once before, and it was when I was living in Korea. It was a Chinese production. Played like traditional Chinese theatre. With surtitles in Korean and English. I left halfway through, by rationalising that the second half is […]
This was my second outing to the National Theatre in about a month, and by far my favourite of the two. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy The Hard Problem for the reasons outlined in my recent blog post, but Man and Superman took me so much by surprise that I found myself applauding […]
I liked this play. I felt that at times it was slightly like a soap opera, but in a good way: lots of action, interesting characters and a bit of conflict. There were a few critics who didn’t seem to enjoy it, or at least didn’t think it was Tom Stoppard’s best work, but to […]
Antigone I wanted to like this production, I really did. I generally like the innovation of the theatre the Barbican put on, as well as the fact that they stage foreign language productions, challenging plays, and other bold choices. I’ve seen Juliette Binoche before, and she always seems reasonably good. This version of Antigone, […]
