Theatre Review- King Lear
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
A Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company Co-Production
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Directed by Michael Buffong
Reviewer: Mary Moncrieff
O, reason not the need! That...
Theatre Review – Bad Jews
Bad Jews
Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Kenny Wax Limited and Simon Friend
The New Alexandra Theatre
By Joshua Harmon
Directed by Michael Longhurst
Reviewer: Mary Moncrieff
In an intensely cramped...
Theatre Review – Flare Path
Flare Path
The Original Theatre and Birdsong Productions Ltd
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
By Terence Rattigan
Directed by Justin Audibert
Reviewer: Mary Moncrieff
Set in a lovely little hotel lounge, The...
Theatre Review – The Magic Flute, ENO
The Magic Flute
English National Opera
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Directed by Simon McBurney
Reviewer: Andy Millward
This is The Magic Flute (AKA die Zauberflöte) as Mozart could never possibly have envisaged it, one...
The Cost of Drama School Training
As I approach the end of my time at Birmingham School of Acting, and the prospect of entering the already overcrowded acting industry, I...
Wuthering Heights – a twisted romance
Call me strange. Call me weird. Call me twisted. I have always found stories with darker themes, tones and events to be much more...
Theatre Etiquette: For the love of theatre behave yourselves!
As a regular theatre-goer, and having completed three graduate year drama school shows in the past six months, I find myself frequently frustrated by...
Theatre Review – Pedro and The Captain (The Vaults)
Pedro and The Captain
The Vaults, Waterloo
Written by Mario Benedetti
Directed by Miguel Hernando Torres Umba
Reviewer: Megan Mattravers
A production of advocation, profound thought and discussion of...
Theatre Review – Hello Norma Jeane
Hello Norma Jeane
Giant Cherry Productions
Park Theatre
Written by Dylan Costello
Directed by Matthew Gould
Reviewer: Andy Millward
Hello Norma Jeane could have been just a warm and perceptive tale...
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley’s Promethean Tale
Who is the monster?
This question, above all others, is what Mary Shelley's popular Gothic tale poses to us. Frankenstein is a novel inspired by the...
