Monthly Archives: February 2017

Tennessee Williams remembers a time during the 1930’s Depression when he brought home, at the insistence of his mother, a Gentleman Caller for his disabled sister, only to discover too late that the young man was already engaged. The Glass … Continue reading →

In 1938 Stefan Zweig, an Austrian Jewish refugee, living in exile in Britain, having fled the Nazis, wrote a novel, Beware of Pity which has been adapted for the stage by Complicite’s Simon McBurney and Berlin’s Schaubuhne. The performances quickly … Continue reading →

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the Globe’s intimate indoor 17th century theatre, is lit by candlelight, chandelier and handheld; and this is perfect for The White Devil, John Webster’s dark chamber of horrors. Jacobean audiences liked nothing better than sadistic, gory … Continue reading →

Sex with Strangers, the title Laura Eason has chosen for her two-hander drama could well put off the very people who would like it whilst encouraging others to come for the wrong reasons. Two writers (Emilia Fox and Theo James) … Continue reading →

Roland Schimmelpfennig, one of Germany’s most prolific playwrights, wrote Winter Solstice in 2013 in response to the resurgence of the far-right in some European countries and the backlash against the liberal elite. Ramin Gray’s production, a joint production between Actors … Continue reading →

In September 2004 armed Chechian terrorists took 1,100 children, teachers and parents hostage. Carly Wijs’s Us/Them tells the story of the Beslan siege entirely from the perspective of two primary school children, a boy and a girl. Her 60-minute production … Continue reading →

Southwark Playhouse has always been a good place to catch up with musicals you may have missed first time round. Promises Promises a witty-sour satire on sexual mores and corporate ethics, based on the film, The Apartment, was a big … Continue reading →

Thom Southerland directs Maury Yeston’s chamber musical and with its soaring operatic score, the show’s always on the cusp of being a great musical without ever quite making it. A large number of people in the early 1920’s, after the … Continue reading →