Kae Tempest makes a stirring National Theatre debut with Sophocles adaptation Paradise, starring a superb Lesley Sharp.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Inside Bitch at the Royal Court Theatre
Find out what critics had to say about Clean Break’s production of Inside Bitch, looking at the representation of women in prison…
‘A counter-balance to the usual women-in-prison scenarios’: INSIDE BITCH – Royal Court Theatre ★★★
Inside Bitch is a messy but enjoyable counter-balance to the usual women-in-prison scenarios. Roll on Clean Break.
‘More concerned with being entertaining than being serious’: INSIDE BITCH – Royal Court Theatre
Inside Bitch, a new show about representations of women’s prisons in the media, is quite good fun, but a bit pointless.
NEWS: Royal Court’s new season includes premiere of Jack Thorne’s the end of history… & Kylie Jenner play
The Royal Court Theatre has announced its new season of work, running from February to August 2019, features the premiere of writer Jack Thorne’s new play the end of history… directed by John Tiffany.
SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY – Donmar at King’s Cross
What you do get from the trilogy day though is a huge sense of occasion, and the undeniable truth of the significance of what has been achieved here. Unabashedly all-female productions of Shakespeare, shaking up a (male dominated) establishment that still can’t quite let these things happen without a range of think-pieces.
THE TEMPEST – Donmar at King’s Cross
A slightly odd one this, the Donmar’s all-female adaptation of The Tempest opened at the King’s Cross Theatre in late September, but from what I can tell won’t be officially reviewed until 22nd November.