Return of the Ancestors: Ghost of a play
Art is a great platform on which to critique society. Journalism digs at the coalface but art can coalesce the findings, establishing them firmly in the public’s imagination. Theatre particularly, … Read More
Category: Theatre
Oedipus @ Koö-Nú!: two for the price of one
Greek tragedy for an East London oke can feel daunting, so it brings relief when the playwright-director tells you at the end of his show to take what you want. … Read More
Undermined: A hot little nugget
Undermined got a standing ovation and the youth, who made up most of the audience, chattered excitedly all the way out the gate of the Princess Alice Hall. A comic-book … Read More
Hard-hitting Bash
Bret Easton Ellis. Raymond Carver. These writers jump to mind while watching Neil Labute’s Bash, directed by Megan Willson. Mundane everyday activities are numbing. As Bash’s characters do, we occupy … Read More
Unaffected Unexpected Man
“…the meat of a conversation obviously doesn’t lie in what’s actually said…”” (Martha) Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man is often criticised for being better on page than on stage. I … Read More