Commons image By Jenny Farrell Set against pagan associations of midsummer festivity and disorder, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is usually presented as one of Shakespeare’s most carefree... Continue reading
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By S. J. Litherland In fair England I awoke to the heady notes of the rain. In my head were the fair words of Master Shakespeare, Warwickshire’s... Continue reading
As a new production of Bertolt Brecht’s antiwar masterpiece Mother Courage and her Children is to open at London’s Globe Theatre in May 2026, this two-part article... Continue reading
As a new production of Bertolt Brecht’s antiwar masterpiece Mother Courage and her Children is to open at London’s Globe Theatre in May 2026, this two-part article... Continue reading
A student production of Waiting for Godot. Image: Public domain. By Jenny Farrell April this year marks the 120th anniversary of Beckett’s birth. In this article I... Continue reading
Rhys Williamson By Charlie Weinberg Last night I went to see A Very Difficult Person written and performed (as a work in progress) by Rhys Williamson at... Continue reading
Commons image from the London Picture Archive By Nick Moss On 18 January, an audience at The Cockpit theatre enjoyed a read-through of Anna Robinson’s play The... Continue reading
Book available here By Jenny Farrell Sean O’Casey’s only daughter and now sole surviving child, Shivaun, has given the worldwide O’Casey community a splendid memoir of her... Continue reading
The Good Landlord, by Ethan and Kalman Dean-Richards, Pound Road Productions By James O’Brien The living Hell of extortionate and excessive rent for substandard and insecure accommodation... Continue reading
An audience at Basma Theatre, now in Gaza By Hossam Almadhoun Culture is not a luxury but a form of resistance. – Edward Said I was not... Continue reading
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