Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. One from the archives:
“I do. I know. I sound like that poor old cow in all those second-rate sitcoms. The one who’s desperate to sleep with Reg Varney. Or Sid or Benny or some other fat ugly bastard. Only one joke and it’s always on her, because they’re not interested. They don’t want her. They want the pneumatic bimbo who lives next door.” – Eleanor in Terry Johnson’s Dead Funny
Aleks Sierz FRSA is a theatre critic, and author of the seminal study of new 1990s playwrights, In-Yer-Face Theatre. His other books include Rewriting the Nation, The Theatre of Martin Crimp, John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights and Modern British Playwriting. His latest book (co-authored with Lia Ghilardi) is The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre. He also works as a journalist, broadcaster, and lecturer. Aleks blogs independently at www.sierz.co.uk and tweets at @alekssierz.
