Review: COVEN, Kiln Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Nov 12, 2025
Directed by Miranda Cromwell, it’s a mixed bag: invigorating and galvanising on one hand, sermonic and overly explanatory on the other. Exquisite performances deliver generally mid songs that have a tendency to come up short on poetic narrative, but overdo it on the clichés. A more decisive tonal approach might have made the message hit harder. The continuous reiteration of the piece’s political beliefs and the doubling down on its feminist slant by telling rather than showing us slows the show down dramatically and narratively.
COVEN Extends Again at The Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2025
Due to popular demand, Kiln Theatre has announced a further extension of the world premiere of new musical Coven, with music and lyrics by Rebecca Brewer and Grammy Award winning Daisy Chute, and book by Rebecca Brewer.
Cast Set For COVEN at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2025
The world premiere new musical Coven has music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Daisy Chute with Rebecca Brewer, book by Rebecca Brewer and is directed by Olivier Award winner Miranda Cromwell.
Review: BELLY OF THE BEAST, Finborough Theatre
by Tsitsi Tsopotsa - Jan 13, 2025
This world premiere, directed by Dadlow Lin, strips away theatrical artifice to focus on the raw humanity of its characters, delivering a powerful commentary on how schools struggle to adapt to evolving understandings of gender identity.
Review: WEDDING BAND, Lyric Hammersmith
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 7, 2024
Interracial marriage has been legal in the United States for less than six decades. To put it into perspective, sliced bread was first sold forty years earlier. Set in 1918 South Carolina, Wedding Band is a blistering portrayal of unjust laws and discrimination, of conscious and unconscious bias, of finding love inside hopeless prejudice. Alice Childress’ American classic describes a Deep South riddled with hatred and stigma, a picture that’s uncomfortably close to a certain party’s opinions and that, sixty years later, remains unfortunately topical. A white baker and a black seamstress defy public opinion in this sombre drama.
Cast Set For WEDDING BAND at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 16, 2024
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of Alice Childress’ Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, directed by Stage Debut Award winner Monique Touko, who returns to the Lyric after the smash-hit production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.
What Is The Shed? A Guide to NYC's Innovative Arts Space
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2023
New York City is home to some of the most innovative artists in the world, and home to some of the most creative spaces to present art. One such place is The Shed. Read more about what goes on at The Shed, its upcoming performances, and more!
Full Cast Announced For THE CLINIC At Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 19, 2022
Monique Touko directs Toyin Ayedun-Alase, Donna Berlin, Maynard Eziashi, Simon Manyonda, Gloria Obianyo and Mercy Ojelade in the production which opens on Monday 12 September, with previews from Saturday 3 September, running until Saturday 1 October.