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The Arts and Culture Magazine
LONDON'S
AWARD-WINNING
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Yana Yadav
Jul 2, 20203 min read
'A Streetcar Named Desire' At The Young Vic
Tennessee William’s three-act hit play takes a modern revamp at the Young-Vic yet underdelivers even with the aid of a star-studded cast...
Jennie Haines
Jun 9, 20202 min read
National Theatre Live's 'This House'
James Graham makes parliament personal in his 2013 National Theatre Live production of This House. The play takes a quasi-fictional...
Ciara Williams
Jun 9, 20202 min read
NT Live's 'Frankenstein': The Problem of Staging Frankenstein’s Creature
The combination of a literary classic and Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones — I mean, acting ability…— made the the National Theatre’s...
Callista Saputra
May 4, 20202 min read
'Twelfth Night': a brilliant update on the Shakespearean comedy
In a twist on the Jacobean tradition of casting male actors in female roles, the National Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night has taken...
Micheal Head
Apr 23, 20202 min read
'Treasure Island' at The National Theatre
Providing another well-timed reprieve from lockdown’s monotony, Bryony Lavery’s 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-loved...
Zoë Wright
Nov 20, 20193 min read
'Hansard': A Devastating Portrait of A Governing Class
Set in the summer of 1988, Hansard may be presumed to be retrospective: yet, as the play progresses, we discover just how little certain...
Callistajo Saputra
Oct 17, 20193 min read
'Fleabag': The Hit TV Show Takes On The National Theatre
“Three nights ago I ordered myself a very slutty pizza,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge says with a smirk. The very first line of Waller-Bridge’s...
Mathis Grosos
Oct 16, 20192 min read
'Faith, Hope and Charity': A Striking Portrayal of Austerity and Community
In his new outstanding play Faith, Hope and Charity, Alexander Zedlin stages the uncompromising story of a run-down, British community...
Charles de Falletans
Mar 7, 20197 min read
Julia Pascal; An Interview with The First Female Director of The National Theatre
Through her performances and writings, Julia Pascal has fought throughout her life for minorities and has tried to give them a voice, at...
Yana Yadav
Feb 28, 20193 min read
'Tartuffe' - The National Theatre
Moliere’s seventeenth-century comedy is no stranger to adaptations and The National Theatre has put up its own version of Tartuffe for...
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