Tag: Theatre
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The Devil Wears Prada Is My Biggest Disappointment
in ReviewsGlossy, confident and undeniably entertaining, The Devil Wears Prada rarely lets its sharpest edges cut. I had a very good night at the theatre. I just left wanting more.
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Being Bipolar: When Art Holds Up a Mirror
Bipolar, ADHD and the danger of mistaking ordinary life for meaningless. What one musical forced me to confront.
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The Producers and the Danger of Laughing Too Quickly
in ReviewsWhat happens when a musical moves so fast that laughter arrives before meaning? The Producers at the Garrick Theatre is explosive, technically accomplished, and deeply unsettling, inviting its audience into complicity before leaving them to question what they were so ready to enjoy.
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The Traitors On Stage and the Trouble With Murder Mysteries
in FeaturesAs The Traitors prepares to make the leap from television to the stage, the production faces a challenge few plays ever encounter: how to preserve secrecy, scale and suspense in a live medium, and whether the murder-mystery genre is ready to become dangerous again.
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Yerma, Watched From a Distance
in Rewind RevueSimon Stone’s adaptation of Yerma, encountered via Drama Online’s National Theatre Collection, remains devastating. Watched from a distance, it becomes a study in pressure, isolation and the slow unravelling of a life shaped by expectation.
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