Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
“You just want to stick flags on virgin territory and claim it as your own. God it’s pretty phallic actually. I mean, for example. In these folk songs. There’s always a man. Going off to war, in a ship. In a uniform. And there’s a woman, often called Nancy. Nancy is on the dock, looking nice, waving a handkerchief. And she says, hang on, can’t I just come with you?” – Rachel in Elinor Cook’s Pilgrims
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.
