Tag: age of austerity
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Yous Two, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 19th February 2018
reviewNew play about parenting sizzles with good dialogue — and raises some important …
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Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre
Wednesday 7th June 2017
reviewInua Ellams’s new play about fatherhood and masculinity has a vigorously enjoyab…
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Sunset at the Villa Thalia, National Theatre
Wednesday 1st June 2016
reviewDownton’s Elizabeth McGovern stars in a new play about Greece that is both intel…
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Boy, Almeida Theatre
Thursday 21st April 2016
reviewNew play about a lost teenage youth has an impressive production, but is thin on…
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The Caretaker, Old Vic
Monday 11th April 2016
reviewAtmospheric revival of Harold Pinter’s psychological drama is too long and too e…
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The Invisible, Bush Theatre
Wednesday 8th July 2015
reviewWell-meaning new show about cuts to the legal aid budget is rather thin on plot,…
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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Can the Brits do better? (New Writing 2013)
Saturday 1st February 2014
writingIn his speech to the Labour Party conference in September 2013, the leader Ed Mi…
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Repeat performance: a new crisis? (New Writing 2012)
Wednesday 1st May 2013
writingIn the YouTube video of ‘Read All About It’ a little boy smashes up his step sis…
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