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Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Mordant memoir
MAYER WAKEFIELD sees a brilliant production of an autobiographical play set in the early years of apartheid
Interview
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
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Appropriate insight into toxic legacy of slavery
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a hard-hitting drama of a family in denial about past collusion in the ‘triangular trade’
Plant an immovable flagpole in the Labour Party against war
Chuka Umunna’s former CLP has taken a decisive step in favour of peace by affiliating to the Stop the War Coalition. Why not follow Streatham’s example, suggests MAYER WAKEFIELD
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
A sour taste of the black British experience
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends an emotionally charged drama on a family caught between two cultures
Theatre review
Theatre review
Rutherford and Son, National Theatre London
Contemporary parallels abound in a late Edwardian drama of an industrial oligarch on the rocks
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Death of a Salesman, Young Vic Theatre, London
Arthur Miller's classic gets a worthy but underpowered production
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
High Rise Estate of Mind, Battersea Arts Centre/Touring
Music, poetry and storytelling give powerful voice to a generation's fears about London's housing crisis
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Downstate, National Theatre, London
Set in a group home for sex offenders in Illinois, Bruce Norris's play pulls no punches
Yemen: four years of British-enabled tragedy
The lack of coverage in the mainstream media of a war in which Britain is so deeply involved is nothing less than disturbing, writes MAYER WAKEFIELD
