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Playwright Alecky Blythe has an orthodox style when it comes to getting her stage production storylines together. Unlike the traditional form of playwriting – pencil and paper and a vivid imagination – she instead takes her starting point as a real life event, one you’ve probably heard of in the…
After a stint at the Almeida theatre, this critically acclaimed version of Orwell’s seminal novel moves to the West end’s Playhouse Theatre. Having attracted the kind of attention any Headlong production is worthy of, this very relevant take on 1984 makes this second chance a no-brainer: it’s a must see.…
If the 1986 film Gothic is anything to go by, the life of Mary Shelley – author of the ultimate gothic horror novel – was as weird and scandalous as her doctor’s monster. Bringing the life of this novelist to light is a new stage production by LAMDA. The play…
Following his productions of The Crucible and Lord of the Flies, Artistic directors Timothy Sheader gives the seminal story by Harper Lee, an airing (ahem), in the open-air theatre at Regents Park. If the storyline of this 1960s deep-south book is a mystery then, firstly, where on earth have you…
Robert Lepage has been an international name in the arts since the 1980s. Primarily he is a theatre director, but having also gained critical acclaim through cinema, opera and live production for rock shows and exhibitions, Lepage is also one of the most prolific creatives going today. He started his…
The mystery of the photograph has fascinated its audience for eons (or at least a hundred years or so). But what came before or after that moment? The snapshot in time can be misleading, misunderstood and manipulative – or a springboard for the imagination. Since we’re big fans of the…