Reginald Theatre, April 2 9/10 It’s gone from being rare to optional, fashionable and almost compulsory: the idea that art should reveal the artist. Many playwrights also feel obliged to reveal their convictions, thereby often degrading art to doctrine. US playwright Will Arbery is braver and more ambitious. He bombards…
Category: Theatre Reviews
Eternity Playhouse, March 30 7/10 Stay Woke doesn’t just tackle the issue of racism, it bites the head off it, and then throws a spot of gender fluidity into the bloodbath. Playwright Aran Thangaratnam uses the handy narrative ploy of squashing his characters together in unfamiliar surroundings (the Victorian ski…
Drama Theatre, March 25 7/10 The perfect encapsulation of this production – starring Courtney Act – came when Bessie Holland (playing Ruth Condomine) started to giggle. She and Brigid Zengeni (Madame Arcati) were facing each other on the sofa, and the hilarity was suddenly too much for Holland. Of course…