Reviewing 'How To Flirt: The TED XXX Talk' at The Box, Soho: Missing Notes but Electric in its Bones
Daisy Doris May took the stage at The Box as drag king persona Steve Porter for one night only, before the show debuts at Edinburgh...
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Barney Nuttall
Feb 214 min read
Reviewing 'Macbeth' at Dock X London: More 'Trope' than 'Transfixing'
★★★ A a decent enough achievement, but one that made my mind wander throughout. I tend to associate Shakespeare with army fatigues,...
K. A. Thickett
Feb 103 min read
The Handmaid's Wail: Reviewing 'The Handmaid's Tale' at the English National Opera
★★★ A timely revival that doesn’t quite hit the right notes. 'I wish my story was about love or sunsets or snow’ sings protagonist...
Hannah Sugars
Jan 273 min read
Powerful, Playful, Pertinent: Reviewing ‘Blood On Your Hands’ at Southwark Playhouse
I went in entirely blind to see Blood On Your Hands. I had done no research in advance of the evening, so I scarcely had any idea what to...
Georgia Gibson
Jan 254 min read
Theatre (Reprise): Why does Theatre Still Matter?
Editor's Note: This article was originally written for Strand's 2023 Spring printed edition, based on the theme of 'New Beginnings'. The...
Dan Ramos Lay
Jan 257 min read
‘Macbeth’ at the Donmar Warehouse: An Immaculate Reimagining of the Feared Scottish Play
Spoilers ahead for Macbeth. Although you have had 418 years to catch up… Max Webster’s Macbeth is as much a feast for the eyes as it is...
Hebe Hancock
Jan 253 min read
'Ulster American' at Riverside Studios: An Uncomfortable Masterpiece
Content warning: the play contains references to suicide, sexual assault, racism and misogyny. Hebe Hancock considers these themes in the...
Elizabeth Grace
Jan 2111 min read
In Conversation with Danny Kaan: The Theatre Photographer Fans Wish Upon for Backstage Photos of their Favourite Shows
Last October, Danny Kaan got to see his work displayed on a West End theatre, but it wasn’t too long ago that his parents suggested he do...
Freya Ross
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Reviewing ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’: London’s West End is Turned Upside Down
Smoke fills the awe-stricken auditorium in London’s Phoenix Theatre as the opening scene of Stranger Things: The First Shadow draws to a...
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Reviewing ‘Lady Disdain’: A Y2K Dream Adaptation of 'Much Ado About Nothing’
The latest effervescent play from the King’s Shakespeare Company, Lady Disdain, is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado...
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