theatre | STRAND Magazine 4/12

Apr 53 min read

Politics is Personal: Reviewing 'Nye' at the National Theatre

Full of Welsh whimsy, political integrity and technicolour, Nye immerses you. Staged and Good Omens actor Michael Sheen is Aneurin Bevan,...

Reviewing 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by King's Shakespeare Society

Hannah Sugars

Apr 23 min read

Reviewing 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by King's Shakespeare Society

"When the opportunity to see King’s Shakespeare Company arises again, I will seize it with both hands." Despite having studied A...

Reviewing 'How To Flirt: The TED XXX Talk' at The Box, Soho: Missing Notes but Electric in its Bones

Georgia Gibson

Mar 204 min read

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...

Reviewing 'Macbeth' at Dock X London: More 'Trope' than 'Transfixing'

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,...

Powerful, Playful, Pertinent: Reviewing ‘Blood On Your Hands’ at Southwark Playhouse

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...

‘Macbeth’ at the Donmar Warehouse: An Immaculate Reimagining of the Feared Scottish Play

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...

'Ulster American' at Riverside Studios: An Uncomfortable Masterpiece

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...

In Conversation with Danny Kaan: The Theatre Photographer Fans Wish Upon for Backstage Photos of their Favourite Shows

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...

Reviewing ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’: London’s West End is Turned Upside Down

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...

Reviewing ‘Lady Disdain’: A Y2K Dream Adaptation of 'Much Ado About Nothing’

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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