REVIEW: Swifties, TheatreN16 ✭✭
It’s a very clever idea, and writer Tom Stenton is to be congratulated for having formulated it and brought it thus far along the road to taking theatrical shape.
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Taylor Swift Becomes Focus Of Modern Day Version Of Genet’s The Maids
Swifties is a new play about Taylor Swift, Instagram and having no money. Tom Stenton’s play Swifties is a bold new adaptation of Jean genet’s play The Maids, exploring the alienating and destructive effect that poverty, celebrity fetishism and social media can have on the lives of normal people. Yasmin and Nina work in an Amazon “fulfilment centre”. They live in Luton, the birthplace of Britain First. And they are Taylor Swift’s biggest fans. Ever. Their ultimate dream is to be a part of Tay Tay’s famous ‘girl squad’. But the closer they get to realising that dream, the blurrier the line between fantasy and reality becomes. Swifties stars Isabella Niloufar and Tanya Cubric. Isabella has just been announced as the lead in Salome, directed by Yaël Farber, playing at the National Theatre through May-July 2017. Tanya recently starred in the Sky Atlantic adaptation of The Tunnel (2016). Swifties will … Read more
REVIEW: Lunatic, TheatreN16 ✭
Regretfully, I have to note that I personally didn’t find any work of that quality in this particular offering.
New Psychological Thriller Based on Stoker’s Dracula Comes To Theatre N16
This Holloween, TheatreN16 will play host to Riot Act’s nü-gothic play, Lunatic, a new take on Dracula by Artistic Director Whit Hertford. Lunatic, examines the roots of psychotherapy through the secluded sessions between R M Renfield and alienist Dr John Seward of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Lunatic is a contemporary thriller and genre-redefining companion piece to the classic Victorian tale which explores the relevant veins of morality, sanity and fear of the unknown. POs-show, the 1931 version of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi by Tod Browning will be screened. Lunatic is directed and written by Riot Act Artistic Director Whit Hertford. Lunatic runs at TheatreN16 from 30 – 31 October 2016. BOOK TICKETS FOR LUNATIC
Shakespeare Wants To Rest In Peace – So Go Away!
Shakespeare has a problem, he’s dead, and that’s fine, but when are we going to stop using him to enable our culture. Come on, it’s been four hundred years already and he’s ready to present a case to be left alone. The award-winning writer and performer Robert Crighton, explores the ongoing Shakespeare boom in the play Undead Bard, an unholy smorgasbord of play, comedy, and music, pulling apart Shakespeare, Bardolatry, and the modern world, for your pleasure. Robert Crighton is a multi-award winning playwright and performer, specialising in stories and monologues. A frequent flyer in the world of fringe theatre until about five years ago, Robert returns with his latest explorations of the world of Bardolatry. Robert graduated from Middlesex University in 2003 with a degree in Performing Arts: Drama which he occasionally uses to bolster his self-esteem. On leaving he immediately set up a residency with his occasional theatre … Read more
