Review: UNTITLED F*CK M*SS S**GON PLAY, Young Vic
Directed by Roy Alexander Weise, the project is structurally disruptive but ultimately too meandering and overlong. A narrator (Rochelle Rose) lays the tropes bare with bitter observations. She amplifies the intentional faux pas, but the framework gets a bit stodgy by the second round of narrative repetition.
VIDEO: Watch Stephen Graham in the Trailer for BOILING POINT
On the busiest night of the year at one of the hottest restaurants in London, charismatic, commanding head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) balances along a knife’s edge as multiple personal and professional crises threaten to destroy everything he’s worked for. Watch the trailer for 'Boiling Point' now.
Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For RICHARD II
Shakespeare's Globe has announced the full ensemble for Richard II, opening 22 February 2019. Who are we as a nation post-Empire and pre-Brexit, and how do we speak truth to power? Who made this country and how do we move forward together? As we wrestle with questions of identity and ownership, we turn to our greatest playwright to reflect on 'This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England' as staged by the first-ever company of women of colour in a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage. Co-directed by Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton, Adjoa will also play the titular role.
Female Lead to Take on Christopher Marlowe's TAMBURLAINE for Yellow Earth
TAMBURLAINE, the electrifying theatrical study of tyranny and ambition was written in 1587 by the English renaissance playwright Christopher Marlowe when he was only 23. Some 430 years later Yellow Earth Theatre bring this rarely performed, complex drama to the Arcola Theatre where it opens on March 15th with a female lead, a cast of six who take on multiple roles and live music.
PYONGYANG to Open at Finborough Theatre in 2016
The world premiere of a new North Korean story from award-winning playwright In-Sook Chappell, P'yongyang opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 5 January 2016 (Press Nights: Thursday, 7 January and Friday, 8 January 2016 at 7.30pm).