Articles about Theatre
Echoes of Virginia
Watching Viota is an almost exhausting experience for Hazel Robertson as the play examines radical culture changes in the shadow of Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group
Hazel Robertson // 15 April 2013
White Rose could fly higher
Although the story of women fighter pilots during World War Two has a lot of potential, Rowena McIntosh and Hazel Robertson find the plot frustratingly superficial
Various Authors // 11 April 2013
Where miracles happen and leave things exactly the same
Bringing a play from 19th century Sweden to contemporary South Africa, Mies Julie is a fascinating and devastating exploration of power, according to Charlotte Rowland
Charlotte Rowland // 31 March 2013
Seeing Sylvia Sleigh
It's too little, too late for Flis Mitchell at Tate Liverpool's Sylvia Sleigh retrospective
Flis Mitchell // 22 February 2013
A taste of the 1950s
Watching the revival of A Taste of Honey, Rowena McIntosh finds that while some themes have lost their controversial appeal, others remain all too relevant
Rowena McIntosh // 5 February 2013
Girls and gangs
Annika Spalding felt emotional, angry and speechless but moved to action after attending awareness-raising drama She
Annika Spalding // 22 December 2012
Love and 8
Liz Ely thinks new play 8 gives an intriguing insight into the battle for marriage equality, though it's somewhat lacking in inspiration
Liz Ely // 19 December 2012
All singing, all dancing campaigning
A musical about a campaign for better asylum seeker rights may seem like unusual territory. Hazel Robertson finds that this humorous, tragic and stirring production is well worth the risk
Hazel Robertson // 15 November 2012
The show that asks: "What do we hope for now?"
Declaring war on "the big boys", Motherland goes on a journey through gender with a sense of humour and social responsibility. Caitlin Hayward-Tapp finds it thoroughly thought-provoking
Caitlin Hayward-Tapp // 5 November 2012
Medea, but not as Euripides knew it
Charlotte Rowland finds that Rachael Stirling's powerful performance in this new version of Medea leads her to forgive its other faults
Charlotte Rowland // 31 October 2012
A hard issue with a soft premise
The Soft of Her Palm promises to confront our expectations of domestic violence, but Shoshana Davidson finds it falls back on damaging and unhelpful stereotypes
Shoshana Davidson // 16 October 2012
Delhi delights in new Much Ado
The RSC sets Much Ado About Nothing in Delhi, with results that leave Katherine Wootton impressed
Katherine Wootton // 10 October 2012
Mary Stuart modernised
A new production of Mary Stuart glows with relevance, and Charlotte Rowland has only good words to say about it
Charlotte Rowland // 20 September 2012
Perfume, power and popular media
After a UK premiere of Ana Diosdado's Yours for the Asking, Eli Davies wonders if it's really what we're asking for
Eli Davies // 17 September 2012
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Week Four
The largest arts festival in the world comes to an end! We review a few last shows from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Various Authors // 31 August 2012
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Week Three
As the Edinburgh Fringe Festival continues, we have another round-up of reviews
Various Authors // 24 August 2012
To peep or not to peep
A new voyeuristic exhibition at the National Gallery has hit the headlines, inviting people to watch a naked woman. Ania Ostrowska has had enough
Ania Ostrowska // 20 August 2012
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Week Two
Reviewers from The F-Word share their opinions in our second instalment considering shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Various Authors // 16 August 2012
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Week One
During August, Edinburgh hosts the largest arts festival in the world. Throughout the month, we'll be reviewing shows that we think might be of interest to our readers; here are our impressions of the first shows we saw
Various Authors // 9 August 2012
All that jazz
Jazz at Café Society celebrates the first desegregated jazz club in the USA. Eli Davies delights in its portrayal of strong female artists
Eli Davies // 30 July 2012
Categories: Theatre
'Fair, tiny and only 17 years of age'
At the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth, Miriam Margolyes revives her acclaimed one woman show on his life and the women within it. Margolyes' love and passion for Dickens shines through the performance, but Laura Lammasniemi wonders if her satire of the man who symbolises Victorian misogyny is too gentle
Laura Lammasniemi // 15 July 2012
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Claws for thought
With The Girl with the Iron Claws, The Wrong Crowd company has created a richly beautiful stage version of the old Norwegian fairytale. Greta Hughson ponders its meaning to a modern audience
Greta Hughson // 13 July 2012
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Dead End Drive
The Sluts of Sutton Drive is a play about the problems faced by working-class women. Megan Stodel thinks it fails to engage the audience at all
Megan Stodel // 11 July 2012
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Dreaming a different dream
By setting A Midsummer Night's Dream in a community of Travellers, the play is transformed. Megan Stodel considers how successful the Open Air Theatre's new interpretation is
Megan Stodel // 17 June 2012
Her Naked Skin
Hazel Tsoi-Wiles reviews a production of Her Naked Skin, a suffragette romance which whisks the audience back to a time of protest on the street, activists smashing windows and police clamp-downs
Hazel Tsoi-Wiles // 23 December 2011
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Penelope
Waiting for 20 years for Odysseus' return, Penelope is an emblem of marital fidelity and has always provided plenty of material for reinterpretations, feminist or otherwise. Kate McCarthy reviews the latest, which dumps the suitors in a dried out swimming pool
Kate McCarthy // 28 February 2011
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Women, Power & Politics: Now
Laura Nelson reviews this collection of short plays at London's Tricycle theatre
Laura Nelson // 17 July 2010
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Women, Power & Politics: Then
Kate McCarthy reviews a collection of short plays at the Tricycle
Kate McCarthy // 11 July 2010
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Viva la vagina
Jessica Gjergji is blown away by a performance of The Vagina Monologues at the Bristol Old Vic
Jessica Gjergji // 4 July 2010
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Macbeth
Yasmin Eshref reviews a version of Macbeth set in the 1970s with an all-female cast
Yasmin Eshref // 26 May 2010
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Feminism and Peter Pan
JM Barrie's creation Peter Pan has an enduring popularity. Allison McCarthy digs into the sexist and racist history of the play and novel, and how this has been addressed in modern adaptations
Allison McCarthy // 19 April 2009
Her Naked Skin
Rebecca Lenkiewicz's take on the suffrage movement hinges on a clichéd story of forbidden love between seamstress Eve Douglas and Lady Celia Cain. Debi Withers is exasperated
debi withers // 7 September 2008
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