Nicola is a graduate of UCL (English Literature BA and Modern Culture MA), who spends her spare time reading, writing, going to the theatre, and watching the same four TV shows over and over again. In addition to reviewing, she is a member of the editorial board and our regional co-ordinator in Yorkshire.
The RSC’s production of Romeo and Juliet takes place on an almost entirely bare stage, the only set piece a concrete (or concrete-looking) cube in the...
The Importance of Being Earnest is probably Oscar Wilde’s best-known work - and rightly so. The comedy of manners follows two young men, both of whom ...
One of the most famous passages in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre comes when the eponymous Jane, after discovering that her fiancé Rochester has lied to...
The National Theatre’s production of Hedda Gabler opens with Hedda and Berte, her maid, seated on stage. While other characters appear and talk to Ber...
Seemia Theatre’s new production, Evros, seeks to immerse the audience in the present refugee crisis: we follow Doaa, a nineteen year-old Syrian girl, ...
In 1973, the democratically elected socialist government of Chile was overthrown by a military coup; the new authoritarian government, led by General ...
English National Ballet’s Nutcracker attempts to present a traditional ballet with a darker edge; the Mouse King returns throughout, his presence felt...
King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s bleakest plays: revolving around broken family ties, jealousy, betrayal, corruption, and madness, it addresses the p...
Art-Vic’s new production of Anna Karenina is performed without a set, against a black backdrop decorated with train track patterns. Before the play ev...
LeRoi Jones’ play The Slave is described as ‘angry, passionate, and unapologetic’; unfortunately, in this production at least, this passion does not m...
