Online Theatre Online Theatre Scrounger, Finborough Theatre Stereotypes sharply challenged in dramatisation of fight against injustice by activist with a disability
Theatre Review Monday 10th Feb 2020 Theatre Review Counter-terror alert MAYER WAKEFIELD sees a timely reminder of the threat posed by an unfettered surveillance state
Year round-up Tuesday 07th Jan 2020 Year round-up Best of 2019: London Theatre THE YEAR began with a flurry of Arthur Miller productions which left his canon feeling surprisingly dated.
Theatre Wednesday 18th Dec 2019 Theatre Snowflake, Kiln Theatre London Mike Bartlett's Christmas cracker an antidote for post-election blues
Theatre Tuesday 26th Nov 2019 Theatre Universal truths in an era of fake news A play on the arbitrary detention of a journalist resonates beyond its Turkish context, says MAYER WAKEFIELD
Theatre Review Tuesday 05th Nov 2019 Theatre Review Shook, Southwark Playhouse London Timely indictment of how young offenders are failed by prison system
Theatre Review Monday 28th Oct 2019 Theatre Review Little Baby Jesus, Orange Tree Theatre Richmond Early work by Arinze Kene disappoints
Interview Tuesday 08th Oct 2019 Interview Confronting the unthinkable Can we afford to pretend that nuclear weapons don't exist? Gameshow director MATTHEW EVANS talks to Mayer Wakefield about the issues their new production Nuclear Future raises
Interview Sunday 06th Oct 2019 Interview ‘Are we the same person? If not, when and why not?’ Radical playwright DAVID EDGAR talks to Mayer Wakefield about the personal and political questions posed in his one-man show Trying It On in which, at the age of 70, he confronts his 20-year-old self
Theatre Review Thursday 03rd Oct 2019 Theatre Review Mordant memoir MAYER WAKEFIELD sees a brilliant production of an autobiographical play set in the early years of apartheid
Interview Monday 09th Sep 2019 Interview ‘Being disturbed is positive’ ALEXANDER ZELDIN tells Mayer Wakefield what he hopes to achieve with his new play about the impact of austerity on the most vulnerable