Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
“I started with rock and roll. And then I moved onto rhythm and blues. Gospel music. Country and Western. And mod music. Garage rock. Psychedelic. Hippy music. Jazz music. Funk. String quartets. Operas. Symphonies. Heavy metal. Disco music. I liked. Rather a lot actually. Motown. Electronic music. German noise music. Punk music. Electro. New Romantic. Rap music. Indie pop. The music that came out of Manchester at the end of the eighties. Acid music. Soul music. Deep soul music. Techno. House. Grime. Dub step.” – Alex in Simon Stephens’s Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle
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.
