Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk. This is a favourite stage direction…
“Music: Dire Straits ‘Romeo and Juliet’ plays. Phil sings along to the second verse. As Alice re-enters, Phil looks up and begins to improvise sign to express the lyrics to her. This sounds as bad as it is but he is very enthusiastic about it. She watches, amused. She works out the song with a grin.”
– Jack Thorne’s The Solid Life of Sugar Water
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.
