Theatre Review Theatre Review Nightmare in the sun MAYER WAKEFIELD finds himself caught in the crossfire during a riveting piece of activist theatre
Theatre Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Snowflake, Kiln Theatre London Mike Bartlett's Christmas cracker an antidote for post-election blues
Theatre Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 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 Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Review Shook, Southwark Playhouse London Timely indictment of how young offenders are failed by prison system
Theatre Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 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 Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 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 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Review Mordant memoir MAYER WAKEFIELD sees a brilliant production of an autobiographical play set in the early years of apartheid
Interview Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 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 Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 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’
Thursday 04th Jul 2019 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