Where have we come from and what are our responsibilities to each gay generation after us? At a grand total of 6 hours 40 minutes, The Inheritance is a marathon of a play that aims to pin point what it means to be a modern gay man in today’s western society.
Courtesy of Marc Brenner.
Over three days in October the inaugural Out of the Shadows festival, present twelve pieces of new writing at Theatre N16. I catch the sold out final night and encounter four pieces in varying stages of development.
The Woods intermingles a fairy tale and a woman’s personal tragedy, of post partum depression. The woman, played by Lesley Sharp, is lost in a dark forest. She tries to save a boy, played by Finn Bennett, and also stay safe from the wolf, played by Tom Mothersdale, lurking outside her cabin.
Courtesy of Manuel Harlan.
I firmly believe that if Virginia Woolf were alive today she and her lofty set of literati would be stomping around East London somewhere – floating between the fringes of privileged society and the liberal arts world sipping a kale juice or soy latte. In my eyes, it’s appropriate then for Hal Coase’s adaptation of Mrs Dalloway to find a home at the fringe Arcola Theatre in Dalston.
After celebrating 10 years of success on the London’s West End, Thriller Live begins its UK tour at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury this week. A two hour concert, Thriller Live is filled with Michael Jackson’s top hits spanning his 45 year musical history.
Argentinean documentary director Lola Arias, who is best known for her theatre work, recently presented her debut film Teatro de guerra at the Berlin Film Festival. Related to her play Minefield that opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 2016, followed by a world tour, the film features six war veterans from the UK and Argentina who re-enact their experiences and relive their trauma of war together. A master of documentary fiction, Arias is interested in personal stories in a larger historical context, and for her new production she has chosen a highly relevant subject indeed.
Courtesy of Thomas Aurin.
In a lonely desert, away from everyone and everything else, a person waits. A punishment for killing his father, Mavuso has been awarded a unique deal – to sit outside a prison, and stare at it until he decides that his reconciliation is over. There is nothing keeping him there, yet he remains. Trapped by his own sense of moral compass, he has become a prisoner to life.
Courtesy of Ryan Buchanan.
Courtesy of Ikin Yum.
An Adventure traces the story of Jyoti and Rasik as they travel across India and Kenya before settling in the United Kingdom. The audience watches their adventure begin in 1950s and sees how their lives unfold as each act jumps a bit farther into the future until recounting their lives in 2018.
Courtesy of Helen Murray.
Abney Park is a beautifully atmospheric and haunting cemetery in the heart of Stoke Newington, and huge credit to director Lil Warren for using it to stage 09 Lives’new production here. The Valour of Robin Hood is a new play by first time playwright Amii Griffiths, and it’s great fun.
