London-born actress Natasha Gordon’s warmhearted play, Nine Night, now making its first appearance at the National Theatre, is as much about family, music and mourning as it is about ethnicity or migration.
Text of the Day: Misty
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
EXPENSIVE SHIT – Soho Theatre
It’s hot. Real hot. And you’re dancing, just lost in music. You’re at the legendary Shrine nightclub in Lagos, where Afrobeat star Fela Kuti is king. It’s 1994. And it’s hot. Sweat is just pouring off you, no longer in little trickles but soaking through your clothes.
A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTIONATE, PASSIONATE DEVOTION TO SOMEONE (–NOUN) – Royal Court
Love, we know, will tear us apart again. And again. And yet again. It will shred our nerves and rip through our guts; it will fill us with anguish, and then douse us in regrets.
THE ROYALE – The Tabernacle
Welcome return of last year’s American hit boxing drama, which is thrilling if a bit hard to follow.
Text of the Day: Torn
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
GIRLS – Soho Theatre
New captive drama is well-written in a symbolic vein that helps to humanise the story behind the headlines.
TORN – Royal Court Theatre
Experimental family drama is very powerful, but its theatrical form is too complicated for its own good.
Text of the Day: Counting Stars
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.