My plays diary: Sari, Around the World in 80 Days, The Wasp, Flood
Clockwise from top: Around the World in 80 Days, Flood and The Wasp.
Q&A podcast and photos: Talking prison lessons with Held’s writer, director and stars
What's the most important lesson in a prison 'education'? HELD is a hard-hitting new British prison drama exploring the broken lives of five inmates, including two young offenders (both played by Jack Brett Anderson) incarcerated for the first time and learning fast that there's a price to pay for everything...
Q&A photos and podcast: Swinging Sixties-style with new musical Pete ‘n’ Keely
A string of hits, a cast of two, ‘Forever Plaid’ meets ‘I Do, I Do’. James Hindman's 2000 Off-Broadway musical two-hander Pete ‘n’ Keely gets its European premiere at Tristan Bates Theatre. The production, directed by Matthew Gould, stars David Bardsley and Katie Kerr as the titular stars in a primetime TV bust-up.
Off-West End musicals diary: The Sorrows of Satan and The Wild Party
The Wild Party at The Other Palace and The Sorrows of Satan at Tristan
Photos and podcast: Breaking taboos at Lazarus ‘Tis Pity debate
Are there any stage taboos left? John Ford's 17th-century romantic thriller 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, centring on an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister, is one of the most controversial in the classical canon. Does it still have the power to shock?
My theatre diary: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rabbit Hole, Pink Mist, One of Those
From left to top right: Rabbit Hole, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, One of Those
Photos and podcast: Why we should edit classics like Hamlet and Marlowe’s Tamburlaine
A couple of weeks ago, as part of the ongoing Hamlet hysteria, I was amazed that such an apparent uproar was caused by director Lyndsey Turner's experimenting with the placement of the play's most famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be".