Until now Robert Icke’s output has largely been focused on updating classics for modern times — with great success, it should be said. Last year’s Oedipus with Mark Strong and Lesley Manville picked up four Olivier Awards, including Best Revival. Glance at his CV and you’ll note productions of 1984, Oresteia, The Doctor, Uncle Vanya,…
Review by Mark Quinn Our New Girl begins with a truly shocking image in the dark (that, of course, I won’t be spoiling here) contrasted immediately with a blinding light. This is a perfect metaphor for Nancy Harris’s script, which keeps the balance of comedy and anxiety teetering on a knife’s edge. You may know Harris’s…
Directed by Arcola Theatre Artistic Associate Katharine Farmer, a new female-led production of Simon Stephens’ Heisenberg is offering fresh insights into the universal themes of identity, loneliness and the fluctuation of love. Through subtle humour and quiet poetry, Heisenberg unravels the complexities of human relationships, capturing with poignant intimacy the delicate and often comical dance…
Lora Krasteva’s Descension kicks off a series of works on the new interactive digital theatre platform FableMosh, developed by Nottingham-based theatre company Chronic Insanity. Taking last year’s UK far-right, anti-immigration protests and riots as inspiration, Krasteva’s mini spoken word play imagines a world where migrants in the UK begin to disappear. The ‘pandemic’ recalls the…
