Tag: London theatre

  • A Clockwork Orange adapted at the Theatre Royal Stratford East | Theatre Review

    A cult novel that still has as much relevance today as it did when it was first imagined in 1962, A Clockwork Orange has been adapted many times; most famously by Stanley Kubrick in the 1971 film. New Yorkers Ed DuRante (words) and Fred Carl (music) are the latest to embark on this endeavor, promising…

  • A Clockwork Orange adapted at the Theatre Royal Stratford East | Theatre Review

    A cult novel that still has as much relevance today as it did when it was first imagined in 1962, A Clockwork Orange has been adapted many times; most famously by Stanley Kubrick in the 1971 film. New Yorkers Ed DuRante (words) and Fred Carl (music) are the latest to embark on this endeavor, promising…

  • Little Baby Jesus by Arinze Kene | Theatre Review

    The dream team of playwright/actor Arinze Kene and director Ché Walker are back at The Oval Theatre, South London with Little Baby Jesus. First staged at the Oval as part of 2010’s 33% Season this coming-of-age tale with a twist is comprised of three separate but occasionally intertwining monologues by Kehinde (Fiston Barek), Joanne (Seroca…

  • Little Baby Jesus by Arinze Kene | Theatre Review

    The dream team of playwright/actor Arinze Kene and director Ché Walker are back at The Oval Theatre, South London with Little Baby Jesus. First staged at the Oval as part of 2010’s 33% Season this coming-of-age tale with a twist is comprised of three separate but occasionally intertwining monologues by Kehinde (Fiston Barek), Joanne (Seroca…

  • Misidentity @LostTheatre, London | Theatre Review

    The Stasti Theatre company present their ever pertinent new production Misidentity at the Lost Theatre in Vauxhall, South London; a play seeking to challenge the pervasively negative perceptions of teenagers, in particular those from less than ideal social backgrounds. ‘Behind every stereotype’ reads the tagline ‘is a person. Behind every person, is a story’. True,…

  • Misidentity @LostTheatre, London | Theatre Review

    The Stasti Theatre company present their ever pertinent new production Misidentity at the Lost Theatre in Vauxhall, South London; a play seeking to challenge the pervasively negative perceptions of teenagers, in particular those from less than ideal social backgrounds. ‘Behind every stereotype’ reads the tagline ‘is a person. Behind every person, is a story’. True,…

  • ‘Blue/Orange’ Challenges Gender Traits With All-Female Line Up | London Theatre Review

    The slippery definitions of sanity are at the centre of Joe Penhall’s audacious play, Blue/Orange. The piece premiered at the National Theatre in 2000, with an all-male cast including British titans Chiwetel Ejiofor and Bill Nighy. The production currently on at the Arcola Theatre, East London features an all-female line up, a device through which…

  • 'Blue/Orange' Challenges Gender Traits With All-Female Line Up | London Theatre Review

    The slippery definitions of sanity are at the centre of Joe Penhall’s audacious play, Blue/Orange. The piece premiered at the National Theatre in 2000, with an all-male cast including British titans Chiwetel Ejiofor and Bill Nighy. The production currently on at the Arcola Theatre, East London features an all-female line up, a device through which…

  • Estate Walls by Arinze Kene | London Theatre Review

    All right, so let me get a little confession out of the way. A bit of me groaned inwardly when I heard that the Oval House Theatre was staging Estate Walls. ‘Yet another dramatic piece about disadvantaged youth set in inner city London?’ I wondered. We’d heard and seen it all before… or so I…

  • Estate Walls by Arinze Kene | London Theatre Review

    All right, so let me get a little confession out of the way. A bit of me groaned inwardly when I heard that the Oval House Theatre was staging Estate Walls. ‘Yet another dramatic piece about disadvantaged youth set in inner city London?’ I wondered. We’d heard and seen it all before… or so I…