Volpone is a theatrical fable, populated by ciphers, a morality play: greed corrupts. It’s a timeless theme that’s clearly resonant right now, something the Humble players are hoping to play on. Ben Jonson’s play deals in types and an elaborate conman’s plot. It’s a game …
Take your chances queuing for a seat for Measure for Measure at the Rose Theatre. The Rose, I hear you say? Yes. Forget the Globe, the remains of the Rose live opposite the Globe’s original Shakespearean site on Park Street, set back from today’s Southbank. …
Image courtesy of gia_s under a Creative Commons licence Political theatre is nothing new (think of Stuff Happens, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Gethsemane, Playing With Fire) but it usually takes so long to get political commentary to the stage that some of the impact …
The West End had a record year in 2008. 13.8m people parked their bums, according to the Society of London Theatre’s figures, an audience increase of 1%. We’re plumping more for musicals rather than plays and old, established favourites at that. We Will Rock You, …
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The new production of No Man’s Land at the Duke of York’s Theatre has all the right ingredients. It’s a play by Harold Pinter, whom everyone seems obliged to describe as “our greatest living playwright”. It’s directed by the award-winning Rupert Goold, Theatreland’s man of …
Dan Shipsides, Several sequenced problems on Contemporary Art (Frieze), installation view, 2008, mixed media, dimensions variable. Photo by Andy Keate. Peckham. The mere mention of this seemingly blighted borough is enough to send some running for the hills. Much in the same way as mentioning …
Ché Walker wrote The Frontline while he was sitting backstage during last year’s Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe. As an actor in a minor role, Ché was lucky enough to have a two-and-a-half hour break each evening. So he sat in the Globe’s attic in his …
Cellars are this season’s must have for the budding psychopath as the horrific Fritzl story shows so it’s a creepy coincidence that John Fowles’ play “The Collector” should be running at the Etcetera Theatre this week. This two hander works claustrophobically well in “London’s smallest …
Kevin Spacey today hijacked his own promo for new gambling film 21 to slam the BBC for giving certain West End musicals 13 weeks of free publicity disguised as reality TV shows. Whilst recognising that they helped promote West End theatre in general he’s clearly …
Where’s your sense of humour, blokes? Can’t a fat, hairy-chested guy fake being crucified while wearing pink boxers anymore? Well, he can’t in the tube. London Underground censors just banned posters for Fat Christ, a play showing this week at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre. They …
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