Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Botticelli in the Fire at Hampstead Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Blanche McIntyre’s production of Botticelli in the Fire now playing at the Hampstead Theatre.
Best of the Blogs: The Mates give their verdicts on Lungs, Botticelli in the Fire, Sinatra: Raw, Ages Of The Moon & more
In our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 27 October 2019). Maryam Philpott is gripped by the work of Claire Foy and Matt Smith in Lungs at The Old Vic…
‘Tannahill has a fresh, gloriously abrasive voice’: BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE – Hampstead Theatre
Jordan Tannahill’s queering of Renaissance art in Botticelli In The Fire is riotously vulgar and completely unapologetic mash up.
‘Gloriously staged’: BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE – Hampstead Theatre ★★★★
Jordan Tannahill’s play Botticelli In The Fire, premiered here after Canada, is gloriously staged under Blanche Macintyre’s direction.
Text Of The Day: Either
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘The whole experiment has a lovely lightness of touch’: EITHER – Hampstead Theatre
Ruby Thomas’ experimental debut play Either is an intriguing questioning of gender identity that retains an air of politeness.
‘At least its message is clear’: THE KING OF HELL’S PALACE – Hampstead Theatre
New docu-drama The King of Hell’s Palace about the Chinese blood-contamination scandal of 1990s is about corruption and cover-up.
‘Unfolds with depressing predictability’: THE KING OF HELL’S PALACE – Hampstead Theatre
The King of Hell’s Palace is a play brimful of good intentions but with virtually no artistry or dramatic tension.
NEWS: Roxana Silbert stages six premieres in her inaugural Hampstead Theatre season
Ahead of Hamstead Theatre’s 60th birthday next year, new artistic director Roxana Silbert recently announced her inaugural season at the north London venue, including six premiere plays written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Jordan Tannahill, Tom Morton-Smith, Al Blyth, Ruby Thomas and Chinonyerem Odimba.
Text of the Day: Jude
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Jude at Hampstead Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Edward Hall’s production of Howard Brenton’s latest play Jude.
‘In the end this is more comedy than tragedy’: JUDE – Hampstead Theatre
Jude, Howard Brenton’s new cerebral tragi-comedy about a Syrian refugee’s Oxford dreams, is just too gnomic.
‘It’s a storming performance from Isabella Nefar’: JUDE – Hampstead Theatre ★★★★
Howard Brenton’s new play Jude is a deliberate echo of Thomas Hardy’s darkest work, Jude the Obscure: an updated riff on his angry theme of how passionate genius in humble people is stifled and thwarted by society.
‘Here is an authentically individual voice’: THE PHLEBOTOMIST – Hampstead Theatre ★★★★
The Phlebotomist is an exceptional concept for a ‘first play’ and Hampstead has made a real discovery in Ella Road and partnered her script with Sam Yates’ slick direction.
‘There’s no denying the play’s relevance’: THE PHLEBOTOMIST – Hampstead Theatre
Ella Road’s resonant new play about genetics, The Phlebotomist, is mostly well-written and gets an exciting staging.
Text of the Day: Eden
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘For all its good intentions, I just didn’t believe any of it’: EDEN – Hampstead Theatre
New play Eden at the Hampstead Theatre, about corporate capitalism and local resistance, is let down by poor and unbelievable writing.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Cost of Living at Hampstead Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living.
‘Refreshingly bold & honest’: COST OF LIVING – Hampstead Theatre ★★★★
Cost of Living is a refreshingly bold play, it presents disability in a matter of fact way focusing on relationships while challenging inhibitions.