REVIEW: Machinal, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews Sophie Treadwell’s play Machinal now playing at the Almeida Theatre.
Nathalie Armin
REVIEW: The Motherf**ker With The Hat, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭✭
It’s not that this is a bad play; it’s more that it is not really a play at all. It’s a series of separate scenes, mostly two-handers, which chiefly concern the central character, Jackie. It doesn’t really have any compelling over-arching theme, there is no lyrical, poetic or political beauty to the language, and it does not attempt to shine a light on society or culture in any significant way. It looks and sounds like a short film – not a coherent, magnificent drama worthy of the Lyttleton stage.
REVIEW: Dara, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭✭
The vision that Fall and Ronder and their team have for Dara is as grand and awesome as the Taj Mahal itself. Lindsay’s wonderful set uses the full length, breadth and height of the Lytleton’s vast space. A series of beautifully patterned screens is employed, moving in constantly changing configurations across and above the stage, giving a truly exotic sense to proceedings. The kaleidoscope of activity, images and designs is visually intoxicating.
