Intense, hard-hitting, and anger-inducing, Theatre Group‘s production of Posh, by Laura Wade, succeeded in creating a satirical commentary on the immense privilege that comes with being white, male and upper-class. As the company’s director, George Marlin, stated in his director’s note: “Posh is as relevant and topical in a post-Brexit Britain as it was ten […]Read More
Random Acts of Malice, written by Alan Fraser, and directed by his son, Lewis, was a warm and welcome break from Storm Ciara yesterday evening. As well as the weather performing as pathetic fallacy to the psychological thriller I was sitting down to watch, (and matching the storm taking place in Fraser’s script) the play […]Read More
The co-director and co-writer of Six The Musical, Lucy Moss, is officially the youngest female director working on a Broadway musical, according to the show’s production team. On Monday, Lucy Moss took the record from the hands of director Liz Swados, who has held the title since 1978. Swados was just 27 when she directed […]Read More
Lin-Manuel Miranda has provided Variety magazine with an update on the status of the Hamilton film, in a recent interview. With previous reports stating that Miranda’s pitch had caused a bidding war between a number of studios, including Netflix, he has now revealed that the film will be coming “sooner rather than later”. Variety have […]Read More
Dear Evan Hansen… That was a brilliant production, and here’s why. Following the eponymous Evan Hansen after the death of a fellow student, Dear Evan Hansen is a stunning dive into depression and loneliness in a world dominated by social media. The musical effortlessly moves from comedic highlights to utterly devastating moments, handling the tragic […]Read More
Elevate, which showed at the Pyramid Theatre at Leeds University last week, made use of space and character in a bold and interesting way, with fantastic results. This should come as a surprise to nobody; the range of societies and groups putting on shows at the university are developing a well deserved reputation for their […]Read More
In an intense season of exams, deadlines, and all-round chaos, I made my way to The Library pub for a couple of hours of relaxation, as a break from the hectic few weeks in university before the Christmas holidays. I figured that a bit of comedy was exactly what I needed, and I certainly wasn’t […]Read More
“’Farce is dead’, I hear you say… When has it ever been more relevant?!” Being in the presence of Wright Off, written and directed by Luke Haywood, on Saturday evening was nothing but an absolute pleasure. Two hours of belly ache from laughing too much, and gasping for breath whilst whispering “WHAT is going on?!” […]Read More
Katherine Chandler’s Before It Rains, performed by Open Theatre in [email protected], was a divine concoction of brave and beautiful storytelling, and contemporary life’s raw happenings. Punctuated with humour and the tense extremities of humankind, this production is, quite simply, the best show that I have seen a society put on stage during my time at […]Read More
Why do we divide during conflict? How does division effect people? Why haven’t we learned from our past? These are only three of the questions that Brickin’ It Theatre Company are trying to tackle in their brand-new production, Sides. Celebrating thirty years since the fall of the Berlin wall, Sides is set in Berlin during […]Read More
The Original Cast Recording, or OCR, is something that has become a staple ingredient to the recipe that produces ‘the musical’. First comes the regional and off-Broadway debuts, then the Broadway debut, promotional performances, and finally the cast recording. It would be fair to take these as signs that a show has become successful; so […]Read More
The Adventures of Time Warp Tammy, written and directed by Céline Nyssens, was a fascinating exploration of mental health, isolation and the commitments we all have to each other. Above all, though, it was a critical examination of the tendency for straight white men to see themselves as a protagonist whilst everyone else’s feelings, thoughts […]Read More
On Wednesday the 23rd of October, our Health and Social Care secretary, Matt Hancock, laid out his plans to improve NHS patient wellbeing through the use of the arts. The idea behind this proposal is that every NHS patient in the country should have as great an access to arts prescriptions as they do medical […]Read More
The Picture of Dorian Gray is arguably Oscar Wilde’s most meaningful work, and almost certainly his most well-known. I am happy to say that this adaptation, which was staged by Theatre Group in [email protected] this week, is testament to the timeless nature of the issues broached by Wilde in his novel. By choosing to adapt […]Read More
There is a rift within the theatre community and money is the reason. During my first year of university, I was watching Les Misérables (2012) with my friends. One of my friends, who lives near London and frequently goes to West End shows, declared that the film just wasn’t as good as the live show, […]Read More
