Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
“It was you who talked me round though. In the absence of a father, we had you, and God. The other mums would shout: ‘Wait till your father gets home.’ Whereas Mum would say: ‘When yuh get to Heaven, yuh see, God will deal wid yuh.’ I was never sure if that was an incentive to behave or not.” – Robert in Natasha Gordon’s Nine Night
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.
