Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘The most moving play I’ve seen for years’: GIRLS & BOYS – Royal Court Theatre ★★★★★
With its almost unbearable ending, Dennis Kelly’s play is a wonderful mix of hilarity and horror. Carey Mulligan is simply brilliant, totally at home on stage in Lyndsey Turner’s well-paced, absorbing and finally utterly compelling production.
‘Seems strangely prophetic in Brexit Britain’: EAST – King’s Head Theatre
This lively revival of Steven Berkoff’s 1975 modern classic is energetically sweaty, if a bit messy as well.
THE TREATMENT – Almeida Theatre
The Treatment has often been ignored, perhaps on account of its large cast, or because of its large scale. Now that the Almeida Theatre has decided to stage this story of how art cannibalises life we have the chance to judge its relevance some 25 years after its premiere.
DON JUAN IN SOHO – West End
Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a completely different set of religious beliefs, relate to a 17th-century morality tale in which the lead character behaves badly, and I mean really badly, but gets his comeuppance by being roasted in hell fire?
Text of the Day: Blasted
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
BLASTED – Styx
Despite this, and the freezing temperature of the venue, the Styx, I was struck by how well the work has endured, and how recent global disasters (Syria, Brexit, the refugee crisis) have only served to increase its relevance.
KILLER – Shoreditch Town Hall
One of the reasons that Philip Ridley is the crown prince of imaginative playwriting is that he came at theatre from leftfield. In the 1980s, he didn’t go to drama school — he went to art college instead. This freed his mind from following established theatre conventions, and so anything was possible.
KILLER – Shoreditch Town Hall
Latest trio of monologues from Philip Ridley are performed in the dark: both chilling and humorous.
THE PITCHFORK DISNEY – Shoreditch Town Hall
Jamie Lloyd tackles Philip Ridley’s 1991 modern classic — with terrifically immersive results.
TONIGHT WITH DONNY STIXX – The Bunker Theatre
Philip Ridley’s 2015 Edinburgh hit comes south trailing clouds of exquisitely excruciating agony.
Text of the Day: Skin a Cat
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SKIN A CAT -The Bunker Theatre
New short play about sex and shame is partly a campaign tool and partly a plea for openness and understanding.
Text of the Day: Shopping & F***ing
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SHOPPING & F***ING – Lyric Hammersmith
Twentieth-anniversary revival of 1990s zeitgeist play is flashy, loud and fun, but also lacks emotional connection
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SCREWED – Theatre 503
New play about the friendship between two young binge-drinking women is full of vigour, but lacks drama.
CUTTIN’ IT – Young Vic & touring
A powerful account of the realities of FGM is brilliantly written and superbly staged as an urgent piece of new writing.
CYPRUS AVENUE – Royal Court Theatre
New play about a deranged Ulster loyalist begins in hilarity and ends with some horrific violence.
Text of the Day: Cleansed
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER – National Theatre
New play from Jack Thorne about one couple’s tragic loss is both excruciating and oddly uplifting
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