The Passion of the Playboy Riots Roger Mortimer 30/06/2017 You have disgraced yourselves again. Is this to be the recurring celebration of the arrival of Irish genius? WB Yeats’ famous words to the audience wh...
Aisha Roger Mortimer 16/06/2017 It’s no insult to Aisha to say that it’s very much an issue play, concerning the forced marriage of young girls to much older men. The name is presuma...
An Octoroon Roger Mortimer 25/05/2017 Is Boucsploitation a thing now? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ relationship with Irish playwright Dion Boucicault is clearly a complex one, perhaps more comp...
Extravaganza Macabre Roger Mortimer 01/08/2016 What is the plural of euphonium? I never imagined I’d need to know, but Little Bulb Theatre’s show Extravaganza Macabre, which inaugurates Battersea A...
Eavesdropping Roger Mortimer 11/07/2016 You could sit in Starbucks and secretly record the conversation at the table next to you. The dialogue would by definition be realistic, but would the...
Love N Stuff Roger Mortimer 09/06/2016 Midway upon the journey of our life/I found myself within a forest dark/For the straightforward pathway had been lost, runs the famous opening of Dant...
Sket Roger Mortimer 22/04/2016 Monica Lewinsky recently wrote in the Guardian that the fame she achieved in the 90s has stuck to her “like tar”, and given what she’s famous for, she...
Americana in Concert Roger Mortimer 01/04/2016 I came to this assuming “in concert” was just part of the title. In fact, “Americana” is the show, “in concert” indicating that we’re seeing a semi-st...
Bar Mitzvah Boy Roger Mortimer 11/03/2016 I once had a long chat with a female (and therefore Reform) rabbi about the central beliefs of Judaism. I remember learning a lot about different type...
The Rinse Cycle Owen Davies 22/02/2016 This brilliant show is described by the creative team at Unexpected Opera as “Wagner’s Ring Cycle conditioned with comedy and shrunk to two hours”. Th...
