Martin Crimp’s The Treatment is a scathing look at the cutthroat film industry in America, as a naive young woman is taken and swallowed whole by a group of vicious film producers as they chop and change her harrowing story to fit the needs of Hollywood. Under Lyndsey Turner’s capable hand, what appears to initially be a couple’s therapy session quickly give way to something completely different. … Continue reading Review: The Treatment at The Almeida Theatre

Set to be the theatrical event of the year, Angels In America is finally on at the National Theatre with a stellar cast, including television’s Russell Tovey and Oscar-nominated Andrew Garfield. Having first premiered in 1991 and 1992, Tony Kushner’s magnum opus is as intimate in narrative as it is epic in scope, tackling morality and mortality in the land of the free amidst the backdrop of … Continue reading Review: Angels in America by the National Theatre

Salomé. A nameless dancer, wife to Herod the Great, shunned as a symbol of female seduction, and defamed in literature as a vengeful harpy directly responsible for the death of John the Baptist. Director Yaël Farber seeks to reclaim the myth and rid it of misogyny in this new production of the classic myth. This new play reframes Salomé as a victim of patriarchal persecution … Continue reading Review: Salome by The National Theatre