REVIEW: Questors, Jesters and Renegades, Michael Coveney, Methuen ✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Questors, Jesters and Renegades by Michael Coveney. The story of Britain’s Amateur Theatre published by Methuen Drama.
Paul T Davies reviews Questors, Jesters and Renegades by Michael Coveney. The story of Britain’s Amateur Theatre published by Methuen Drama.
Here is the first in our round-up of some of the playtexts of shows that were cut short or postponed because of the theatre shutdown. Nothing beats live theatre, and some of these productions will be back but, for now, you can explore them through text.
Mark Ludmon continues his round-up of some of the playscripts of shows that were cut short or postponed because of the theatre shutdown.
More than 400 shows have been announced for next year’s Vault Festival in London – more than ever before.
In her illuminating new book, Brutus and Other Heroines, she takes us through the processes and thinking that led to Lloyd’s ground-breaking all-female versions of Julius Caesar and Henry IV.
Eggs is a dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out. This intimate two-hander by Florence Keith-Roach, which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015, looks at gender disparity and the struggle of growing up as part of Generation Y. It is about young women trying to figure out who they are in a world where the untimely death of a friend, IVF, pop-feminism, Scarlett Johansson, MDMA and Cher’s 90s comeback album all chaotically co-exist. Awarded Rising star of the London Theatre scene (The Evening Standard), Keith-Roach is an actor, writer and director. Eggs is her second play. She has written articles for Grazia, Little White Lies and The Observer and a short film, Frenching The Bully. Keith-Roach is the founder of Orphee Productions, a female- led collective dedicated to telling stories that challenge gender preconceptions. She said: “I wrote Eggs to try to examine the volatility … Read more
Giles Terera is to return to the West End production of Hamilton for six week only revisiting his Olivier Award-winning performance as Aaron Burr.
Paul T Davies reviews TEN, a series of ten short plays by Welsh playwrights now streaming through the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff.