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‘Marvellously inventive & thoroughly compelling’: BLINDNESS – Donmar Warehouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz20th August 2020Leave a Comment

Simon Stephens and Juliet Stevenson create a perfectly beautiful and haunting installation for our times in The Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse.

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Text of the Day: The Plague

In Features, London theatre, Plays by Aleks Sierz21st April 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Plague at Arcola Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon20th April 2017Leave a Comment

Neil Bartlett presents an updated version of Albert Camus’ story of living through crisis and fighting despair. But what have critics been saying about it?

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THE PLAGUE – Arcola Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves16th April 2017Leave a Comment

With the horror of Syria fresh on us, and Africa’s travails with Ebola still haunting, this sombre, unforgettable treatment of Albert Camus’ LA PESTE feels urgently present. Neil Bartlett has pared down the novel’s characters to five – the central Dr Rieux played with remarkable balanced strength by Sara Powell.

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THE PLAGUE – Arcola Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis15th April 2017Leave a Comment

As Brecht also observed tellingly at the end of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, 1941, shortly being revived at the Donmar, things come round again. Just when you think humans may have learnt something from history, off we go again.

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THE PLAGUE – Arcola Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Jonathan Baz15th April 2017Leave a Comment

In the unnamed town that the five characters inhabit, any hope or joy is promptly quashed and left in a pool of despair on the floor, just like the mysteriously dying rats that plague the streets. It’s not a fun evening, but nonetheless makes for a formidable and incredibly disquieting piece of theatre.

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THE PLAGUE – Arcola Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th April 2017Leave a Comment

There is an appealing simplicity to the narrative of Camus’s 1947 novel: originally set in Oran, in French Algerian, the book tells the story of a devastating infection that starts off slowly but eventually leads to social and economic crisis as the city gates are closed and its people become prisoners.

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NEWS: Camus’ Plague & Greg Hicks as Richard III headline Arcola’s spring/summer

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases1st March 2017Leave a Comment

London’s Arcola Theatre has announced another overtly political programme for its new 2017 spring/summer season, including Neil Bartlett’s new adaptation of Camus’ The Plague and a new production of Richard III starring Greg Hicks.

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