The third edition of Royal Court’s Living Newspaper moves online only, with some seriously fierce political writing this time around.
‘Big ideas & goals underpin the writing’: WOLFIE – Theatre503
Despite Wolfie at Theatre503 being the first play from Ross Willis and certainly not a flawless one, it demonstrates a laudable ambition and sense of scale.
‘A dark tale that positively throbs with excitement’: WOLFIE – Theatre 503
Ross Willis’ dazzle-bright debut play Wolfie is wild and wonderfully imaginative: innovative fringe theatre triumphs again.
THE DIVIDE PARTS 1 & 2 – Edinburgh & Old Vic Theatre
★★★☆☆ Long time coming:
The official Festival’s flagship production of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Divide at the King’s contains multitudes.
NEWS: Cast & dates announced for Alan Ayckbourn’s The Divide at Old Vic
The Old Vic today gives a sneak preview of what’s to come in 2018 at The Old Vic during its bicentenary, with dates and full casting announced for the year’s first production: the London transfer of Alan Ayckbourn’s new dystopian family drama The Divide.
NEWS: Winners announced in 2017 #AlsoRecognised Awards
Several shows in the running for this year’s Olivier Awards, announced next Sunday 9 April, are also recognised this week in the third-annual Also Recognised Awards – in some notably different categories.
LOW LEVEL PANIC – Orange Tree
Dialogue heavy but conversationally acute, we eavesdrop on these women in their bathroom, sharing confidences, fantasies, stories of what it is like to be a woman in a society that continually objectifies their sex.
LOW LEVEL PANIC – Orange Tree Theatre
The late Clare McIntyre’s Low Level Panic has a great title for a 1980s feminist drama. In three words she presents the emotional landscape of her play: uncertain, edgy, angsty.
IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT – Touring
It can’t be too good dodging the dog-shit streets of Splott. It can’t be too easy dodging Effie, the loud-mouth, aggressive inhabitant who has saved us all. Every single one of us. We owe her. And she’s about to tell us why.
IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT – National Theatre
New Welsh monologue focuses on the sacrifices demanded from its young female heroine, but what are its politics?