David Eldridge on David Storey’s “The March on Russia” David Storey is often perceived as a hero among playwrights, and even among those writers who are in ignorance of, or out of sympathy with, his work. And it’s for one simple reason. He cuffed The
Isabel Davis on Yerma Last year I queued along The Cut at the Young Vic Theatre for returns to see Yerma, an adaptation of the Federico García Lorca play by Simon Stone. There weren’t any. But this week I had the chance to see it
Joseph Brooker on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets An early sequence in this film sees the title character, special agent Valerian, on a desert plain dotted with people. Thanks to a hi-tech implant he is also experiencing what seems to be a
Joseph Brooker on Charles Townshend, Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion The Easter Rising of late April 1916 is regarded as the founding act of the modern Irish state, and stands as probably the most iconic event in Irish history. It has also been enduringly controversial:
Daragh Carville on Girl from the North Country Old Vic, August 2, 2017 On the night of August 2, it was impossible to watch Girl from the North Country, Conor McPherson’s new play incorporating the songs of Bob Dylan, without thinking of Sam Shepard, whose