satire

The V&A hosts George C Wolfe’s powerful satire as part of Black History Month

  Fascinating Aida have been globally touring (albeit with different lineups) since Ben Elton was funny, picking up rave reviews wherever they go. When we heard that they were appearing at posh pizza parlour The Pheasantry fresh from their Edinburgh Fringe shows, we raced down …

Fascinating Aida have been globally touring (albeit with different lineups) since Ben Elton was funny, picking up rave reviews wherever they go. When we heard that they were appearing at posh pizza parlour The Pheasantry fresh from their Edinburgh Fringe shows, we raced down there …

Tamsin Greig as Diane, a woman with a cellphone for a soul. Photo by Hugo Glendinning Douglas Carter Beane’s new play, The Little Dog Laughed, brings gay Broadway’s revenge on straight Hollywood to our open West End. And while at times it’s a little too …

Keira Knightley (Jennifer) and Damian Lewis (Alceste). Photo by Alastair Muir.   The first thing that’ll strike you about this play Is that Martin Crimp’s script rhymes, like in Molière’s day. When Alceste the Misanthrope (Damian Lewis) delivers his lines with a snarl, It sometimes …

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 …

Will we please shut up about these books already? Yes, we will. But not before telling you one last time just how much we enjoyed Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and how much we look forward to reading Apples by Richard …

A group of men robbed a St Pancras telecommunications firm on Thursday evening by dressing up as policemen, in a plot bearing a touch of Alanis Morissette about it. The thieves were let into the building by one of the firm’s employees, after claiming to …

Everyone who hates Banksy, move along, please. The following will rile you, and we wouldn‘t want to cause readers any undue anguish. This selection of bizarre posters is pasted on the corner of Goswell Road and Wakley Street. The one on the left seems to …

North Kent Police are planning to plant some evidence in the near future, and are looking for suggestions as to what/who to put in the frame. To celebrate the completion of a new and very expensive police station (complete with a shopping mall and restaurants …