I Dream of Theresa May. Review by Barbara Lewis. As the nation is riven by Brexit and bitter arguments rage over immigration, the power of theatre to tackle the most divisive subjects in a non-confrontational way has never been more vital.
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Drifting. Review by Barbara Lewis. Social divisions have only deepened in the decade since the Ardent company was founded to try to make the world of theatre, long dominated by the privileged classes, less exclusive.
The Sea Horse. Review by Barbara Lewis. Fifty years after its Broadway premiere, this London revival makes Edward J. Moore’s exploration of why a woman might find it almost impossible to trust a man as relevant as ever.
Bloody Mary and the Nine Day Queen. Review by Barbara Lewis. Five centuries after King Henry VIII instigated the English Reformation, the press excitement around King Charles III’s decision to pray with the Pope is proof, were any needed, that some popular fascinations never die.
Canal Boat Contemporary. Review by Barbara Lewis. Miniatures are the perfect art form for those who do not have extensive gallery space – and for taking an ironic swipe at those who do.
Blue/Orange, Review by Barbara Lewis. In the quarter of a century since the first staging of Joe Penhall’s exploration of how the system fails to serve the most vulnerable and potentially most dangerous in society horribly little progress has been made in delivering reform.
Mistero Buffo. Review by Barbara Lewis. Do we need to believe something to make it real? Conversely, if we believe something, does it become real? The question is central to our post-truth times and to Dario Fo’s daring questioning of blind faith that was for years banned as blasphemous.
Bartók in Space and Time. Review by Barbara Lewis. Brussels’ Centre for Fine Arts, known as the Bozar, was designed by Belgium’s most celebrated architect Victor Horta and completed in 1929. Eight years later, Bela Bartok composed his “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”.
Tilda Swinton – Ongoing. Review by Barbara Lewis. In 1994, Tilda Swinton at the age of 33 went to 43 funerals, including that of Derek Jarman, the artist who had shaped her way of working that she terms “co-authorship”.
The Trials. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Nuremberg Trials were considered fair, one of the jurors says during deliberations that are seeking climate justice – or is it revenge? – in a future not too distant from our already overheated times.
Sense & Sensibility, The Musical. Review by Barbara Lewis. Jane Austen loved music, but words were her supreme medium for conveying the nuanced feelings of her finest characters and the vicious superficiality of the mercenary social climbers that served to highlight the quieter virtues.
Jobsworth. Review by Barbara Lewis. Libby Rodliffe is not only a performer, she is a writer. As a performer, she takes on more than ten roles, one of which is Bea, who has four jobs.
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