Can we love someone whose belief system we fundamentally disagree with? If we love someone, can we denounce what we believe just to please them? Family and faith compete in thoughtful three-hander The Busy World Is Hushed.
‘A landscape of mystery’: Fishskin Trousers Q&A photos and tweets
How much can a landscape shape a person's identity? How much can a landscape shape a play's plot? In answer to the latter question, in the case of Elizabeth Kuti's Fishskin Trousers, the answer is certainly quite a lot.
Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights
Clockwise from top left: 31 Hours, Heisenberg and All the Little Lights. I
Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein
Clockwise from top: Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein and Hair. In the
Podcast and photos: Ian McDiarmid and What Shadows cast on Enoch Powell and THAT speech
How do we talk to those that we hate? How do we speak across the anger that divides us? Those are the opening lines in Chris Hannan's provocative new play, What Shadows - and they were also amongst the questions raised at my post-show Q&A.
Plays diary: What Shadows, Ink, The Unknown Island, Lucy Light, The Swallow
Clockwise from top left: What Shadows, Lucy Light, The Swallow, Ink and The Unknown
Eye on the National: All the 2018 #NTNews announcements & reactions
If, like me, you're stuck at your desk today and can't follow the National Theatre 2018 season press briefing quite as closely as you'd like to, I've rounded up all today's key announcements and reactions for you here.
Picture this: My new neighbourhood Cervantes Theatre is a must-visit
The Cervantes Theatre neighbours the Union in the new Union Yard Arches in London
Prometheus updated: From Frankenstein to artificial intelligence in The Test
Christopher Tester in Frankenstein and Natasha Killam in The Test It has been
Top #quotes on faith, truth & tolerance from Doubt
Stella Gonet in Doubt at London's Southwark Playhouse There are only a few