Tag: in-yer-face theatre
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Herons, Lyric Hammersmith
Thursday 21st January 2016
reviewUnmoving revival of Simon Stephens’s teen-bully play sacrifices emotional truth …
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Sarah Kane: an interview
Friday 1st January 2016
writingOne from the archives: an interview with playwright Sarah Kane dated 1998, the y…
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The Wasp, Trafalgar Studios
Tuesday 15th December 2015
reviewLatest thriller from the Hampstead Theatre sees a reunion of two female childhoo…
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A Brief Dictionary of Playwrights
Wednesday 1st July 2015
writingExplore the work of a handful of British theatre’s brightest and most exciting w…
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Violence and Son, Royal Court
Monday 8th June 2015
reviewNew play about the troubled masculinity of fathers and sons is very hard to stom…
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Trainspotting, King’s Head Theatre
Saturday 21st March 2015
reviewClassic of 1990s in-yer-face theatre revived in an energetic if messy immersive …
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Closer, Donmar Warehouse
Monday 23rd February 2015
reviewRufus Sewell in a revival of the 1997 sex classic that begins uncertainly before…
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Pig Girl, Finborough Theatre
Monday 12th January 2015
reviewPowerful Canadian play about a serial killer is an excruciatingly hard watch, bu…
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About Pomona
Thursday 27th November 2014
blogFor several years now, I’ve been an advocate of what I call leftfield theatre.
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