Would you rather be married to a man who is funny but thoughtless or one who is kind but boring? This is one of the
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freelance journalist writing about theatre
Would you rather be married to a man who is funny but thoughtless or one who is kind but boring? This is one of the
Read moreBoris Johnson may somehow be able to get away with joking that women in burqas look like pillar boxes and bank robbers but for the
Read moreAll is not as it initially seems in Mart Crowley’s play For Reasons That Remain Unclear which is having its European premiere at the King’s
Read moreJust as some of the British media used the Jungle to heighten fears of refugees, the play reveals what the camp came to mean for
Read moreMark Ludmon reviews Julius Caesar and Me – Paterson Joseph’s revealing book exploring Shakespeare’s “African play”, Julius Caesar With its glowing reviews and sold-out performances,
Read moreIt is hard to believe that Winsome Pinnock’s seminal play Leave Taking premiered as long ago as 1987. Its exploration of the dislocated identity of
Read moreMark Ludmon reviews Joe Penhall’s new play Mood Music at the Old Vic for BritishTheatre.com Anyone who has compared the performance of a new play
Read moreHowever carefully you read the instructions of your flat-pack furniture, the chances are you’ll find it doesn’t always come together as planned. The premise of
Read moreIn Howards End, EM Forster famously wrote of the need for people to “only connect” – a philosophy that ran through all his fiction. In
Read moreManuel Puig’s classic novel Kiss of the Spider Woman has been through several incarnations, including the author’s own stage version, a film and a musical,
Read moreReality shifts for Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Dykes who wakes up one morning to find he is a chimp in a chimp-run world where humans
Read moreEven the most lavish musical productions in the West End may stretch to only 20 musicians, with most having far fewer, so a one-off staging
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