In the 1987 cult film, Withnail and I, unemployed actor Withnail (Richard E Grant) decries: Bastard asked me to understudy Konstantin in The Seagull. I’m not going to understudy anybody. Especially that pimp. I loathe those Russian plays. Always full of women staring out of windows, whining about ducks going to Moscow. I, too, hate […]
All Quiet on the Western Front by Incognito Theatre Company
‘The greatest moral evil is, of course, war‘ (Voltaire, 1694 – 1778). The 21st Century is proving to be a global playing field of endless military conflict. Beginning with the US/UK-led invasions of Afghanistan in 2001; Iraq in 2003; and the same nations intervening in Libya, 2011; and at different times in Syria, it seems […]
Raskolnikova presented by Teatro Nómada at The Actors Centre | Review
The Actors Centre is presenting a Latin American Season comprised of 21 plays authored by Latin American playwrights. A particular challenging piece is Mexican playwright David Gaitán’s Raskolnikova which attempts to re-work the themes present in Dostoyevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment. It is currently a work in progress with an international cast of five […]
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill | Review
Eugene O’Neill’s epic play, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, is considered one of the all-time great classics of the 20th Century. Echoing Greek tragedy, it is a vicious, unrelenting family drama devoid of grace or forgiveness, in which each of its members – through what they perceive to be an insurmountable circumstance – wallows in […]
This Play Will Solve Climate Change at John Lyons Theatre at City Lit
We are in a state of crisis emergency. Global warming is stealing our future. World leaders should be at the forefront delivering this message, but it’s not the politicians who’ve created a universal platform to ward off this oncoming disaster but a teenage political activist named Greta Thunberg. However, despite Greta’s efforts to bring the […]