Talking Gods – Aphrodite and Icarus
Translations, adaptations and reworkings of the mythology of the Greco-Roman World are a
staple part of the history of Western European culture, holding up a mirror to changing
times through the medium of eve...
Talking Gods II – Orpheus
‘I am trapped in a myth that is not mine’, says a jaded Eurydice. This is perhaps the line that captures best the essence of this adaptation and reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth by Ross McGregor.
In this...
Sherlock Holmes – The Case of the Hung Parliament
The Home Secretary, the Foreign Secretary, and the Lord Chamberlain have all be found hanging in their own chambers. Each victim died on their birthday, and on that day had received a card with a mysterious quo...
Typical
This gripping 60-minute monologue deals with the death in custody of a young black man. It's a strange mixture of comedy, tragedy, and righteous anger, held together by a bravura performance from Richard Blackw...
Hymn
‘Hymn’ is book-ended by two funeral orations but is much more of a hymn to love than anything churchy. In this case, the love is fraternal, neither physical nor romantic, and sustained over 90 minutes with rema...
Snow White in the Seven Months of Lockdown
This is certainly up there as one of the top ten performances I’ve seen this year – but, seeing as it is 2020, make of that what you will!
I am personally not a lover of cynicism or pessimism. Which is why w...
Troy Story
As part of its winter season, and conceived very much with Covid restrictions in mind, THE RSC has adapted the most famous eighteenth-century English translations of Homer’s ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey’ for an all-day...
Idan Raichel
The journey of the dreadlocked Idan Raichel, in his early twenties, composing music on his synthesizers from his parents’ Tel Aviv basement, to Idan Raichel’s Project, is a classic tale of how success follows d...
A Cocktail Party Social Experiment (w/ Distance)
Can a group of strangers cut through the small talk and shallow rejoinders and instead delve immediately and deeply into vulnerable conversation? That is the experiment proposed by A Cocktail Party Social Exper...
Up, Up, Up & Away
Since lockdown, many parents have asked me whether I’d recommend online theatre to stream for their children. Until now, I have hesitated in recommending any. Not because there aren’t many beautiful theatre sh...