This revival of David Hare’s political drama, The Absence of War, is timely. Indeed, it’s so topical that when he was asked, as the play set out on it...
ENO describes this stunning production of Sweeney Todd as semi-staged. It is a tribute to the show and its performers that by the end of an evening of...
As much as any play, the live concerts of The Sixteen can be a dramatic event in themselves and last night was no different when they launched their 2...
Stones in his Pockets is a wonderful example of Brecht’s “alienation effect” working as it should. Two men: one short, one tall; one chubby, one lanky...
Lorca’s 1932 play entices us into a world of feuding families, high passion, and warm-hearted yet poignant and painful connection with the elemental f...
Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ is a tough task for any theatre troupe to take on. Written at a time when theatrical gore was extremely fashionable, ...
Developed through residencies at Beaford Arts, Camden People’s Theatre and the Bike Shed Theatre, The Disappearance of Sadie Jones charts the mental l...
Blood + Chocolate is York’s reaction to the First World War: the call up, women’s work in the local chocolate factories, and Quaker conscientious obje...
Educating Rita follows a hairdresser in her search for knowledge and meaning; her desire to break free from a working-class background and from the pe...
York’s production of Philip King’s wartime comedy is rarely ‘laugh out loud’ funny, but provides an enjoyable evening of jokes about mistaken identiti...
