Category: Writers

Posted in Film John Logan Shakespeare

Film Review: Coriolanus (2011)

“What would you have, you curs that like nor peace nor war?” Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave…

Posted in Annie Baker National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Flick, National Theatre

“Sometimes I worry that there’s something really, really wrong with me but that I’ll never know exactly…

Posted in Arthur Miller Broadway Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre

Review: The Crucible, Walter Kerr Theatre

“I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder  I heard the phrase avant-garde mentioned several times in…

Posted in Anders Lustgarten Arcola Theatre Theatre

Review: The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, Arcola Theatre

“We made the revolution, not Mao” The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie is based on more than…

Posted in Christopher Marlowe Jamie Lloyd Theatre West End

(P)review: Doctor Faustus, Duke of York’s Theatre

“Hell is within”  (As are production spoilers)  As Jamie Lloyd’s Doctor Faustus is currently previewing but doesn’t open…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Hannah Khalil Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Scenes from 68* Years, Arcola Theatre

“We live in a climate of fear – they’ve made that” The asterisk in the title is…

Posted in Arthur Miller Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Broadway David Harrower Duncan Sheik Enda Walsh Eugene O'Neill Florian Zeller Ivo van Hove Lucas Hnath Matthew López Mike Bartlett Musicals Not-London Outer Critics Circle Awards Pasek + Paul Sam Shepard Sara Bareilles Stephen Karam Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for 2015-2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award Lindsey Ferrentino, Ugly Lies the Bone Lauren Gunderson, I and You Martyna Majok,…

Posted in Bristol Old Vic Eugene O'Neill Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016 UK

Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bristol Old Vic

“One day I found I could no longer call my soul my own” There’s a lot of…

Posted in Annie Baker Bertolt Brecht Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Broadway Caryl Churchill Lucas Hnath Lucille Lortel Awards Musicals Not-London Suzan-Lori Parks Theatre Theatre awards

Nominations for 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards

Outstanding Play The Christians Produced by Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group. Written by Lucas Hnath Eclipsed…