Songs From Far Away Sam Pengelly 05/09/2015 Songs From Far Away opened in Brazil, then in Amsterdam and now we are treated to its arrival on the Young Vic stage. It is a brilliant amalgamation o...
1938- Hitler Takes Vienna Sam Pengelly 05/09/2015 I like the Jack Studio Theatre, neatly situated to the right of the bar off the Brockley Jack pub, south-east London. Perhaps I like it because it is ...
The Wanton Sublime and The Medium Sam Pengelly 27/08/2015 Go and catch this show NOW. Running for five nights at Dalston’s intimate Arcola Theatre as part of the annual Grimeborn Festival, director Robert Sha...
The Trial Sam Pengelly 29/06/2015 Immediately refreshing is Nick Gill’s interpretation of Kafka’s The Trial: ‘It’s not a parable like 1984, it’s not a criticism of existing or potentia...
Company SJ: Rough for Theatre I and Act Without Words II Sam Pengelly 16/06/2015 After gathering in the foyer by the Advanced Box Office we are led to an outside location on the Barbican estate. I am not permitted to reveal the loc...
Pan Pan Theatre – All That Fall Sam Pengelly 13/06/2015 I have never experienced anything quite like the immersive Pan Pan Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s 1957 radio-play, All That Fall. Its direct...
Now This is Not the End Sam Pengelly 07/06/2015 They say your name lasts only three generations. In the profound essay Urn Burial, the Renaissance essayist Thomas Browne describes how ‘There is no a...
Each His Own Wilderness Sam Pengelly 20/04/2015 Doris Lessing arrived in London from Africa in 1949; accompanied by her young son, £20 and the manuscript for her novel, The Grass is Singing. Lessing...
The 2000 Year Old Man Sam Pengelly 16/03/2015 The JW3 Theatre is a large Jewish community centre, nestled on the Finchley Road. The centre provides a great location for an insight into an exciting...
Kill Me Now Sam Pengelly 26/02/2015 The intimate Park Theatre provides the stage for the sixth collaboration between playwright, Brad Fraser and director, Braham Murray. Renowned for pla...
