Tag: playwriting
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Torn, Royal Court
Wednesday 14th September 2016
reviewExperimental family drama is very powerful, but its theatrical form is too compl…
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Jess and Joe Forever, Orange Tree Theatre
Monday 12th September 2016
reviewNew coming-of-age play is not only quirky and funny, but also moving and theatri…
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Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Sunday 11th September 2016
blogFavourite stage direction: “Most importantly, this play should not be well behav…
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Emma Smith on Shakespeare
Thursday 1st September 2016
blogQuote of the month: “When they were first printed, Shakespeare’s plays had no ch…
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If We Got Some More Cocaine…, Old Red Lion Theatre
Wednesday 31st August 2016
reviewNew two-hander about petty criminal youth in Ireland packs a strong emotional pu…
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John Osborne on playwriting
Tuesday 30th August 2016
blogQuote of the day: “I want to make people feel, to give them lessons in feeling.”
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Peter Hall on Shakespeare
Monday 1st August 2016
blogQuote of the month: “Speaking Shakespeare’s verse and prose is an easily learned…
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The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre
Wednesday 27th July 2016
reviewRevival of Sean O’Casey’s modern classic shows its continued relevance, but is a…
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Unreachable, Royal Court
Friday 15th July 2016
reviewAnthony Neilson’s newly devised piece is both a comic masterpiece and a disappoi…
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