Pelléas et Mélisande at Glyndebourne: ill-conceived and frequently absurd
What a ghastly mess.
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Fun Home at the Young Vic: exuberant, moving and urgent
Unavoidably, some of the subtleties of the original text are lost – but the shift brings positives too.
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We can’t fight oppression until we accept that weight and height affect how we’re treated
My three rules for criticism: Is it true? Does it need to be said? And would I say it to their…
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You haven’t really watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show until you’ve watched a Rocky Horror shadowcast
How watching the Rocky Horror shadowcast made me rethink a dramatization of Norman Mailer’s The Town Hall Affair.
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The National Theatre’s An Octoroon is a challenging take on American race relations
It’s an astonishing play; if only the production weren’t turned up to 11 throughout.
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Laura Linney is captivating in My Name is Lucy Barton
Rona Munro and Richard Eyre have skilfully translated a novelistic monologue into a solo stage show.
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Why Nina Raine’s Consent left a sour taste in my mouth
In this play, rape matters only for how it affects the plot – not the victim.
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Building the Wall is a template for theatre in the age of Trump
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan peers into the near future.
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