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February 19, 2018 Susan Elkin

Macbeth (Susan Elkin reviews)

Alex Pearson Productions and Unfolds Theatre Rose Playhouse The real star of this engaging, 80-minute, six-hander Macbeth is the extraordinarily atmospheric venue. The Rose...

February 19, 2018 Susan Elkin

Girls & Boys (Susan Elkin reviews)

Girls and Boys by Dennis Kelly, Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. This excoriatingly powerful 90-minute monologue is bravura 5-star show by any...

February 19, 2018 Susan Elkin

Close (Susan Elkin reviews)

Close By Kit Brookman Landor Space Six teenagers are, in very different ways, horrified, fascinated, excited and frightened because a classmate has...

February 13, 2018 Susan Elkin

Theatre is not a substitute for teaching

When school groups go to the theatre to watch dramatised versions of the novels on the curriculum, there is a problem: English...

February 13, 2018 Susan Elkin

Interview with Digital Theatre CEO Justin Cooke

Susan Elkin chats to JUSTIN COOKE, CEO of Digital Theatre. Digital Theatre offers access to films of live theatre, ballet, opera and classical concerts...

February 13, 2018 Susan Elkin

Monolog (Susan Elkin reviews)

Monologues, as Chickenshed’s Artistic Director Lou Stein, remarks in the programme, are having a bit of an innings. This programme presents work...

February 13, 2018 Susan Elkin

Othello (Susan Elkin reviews)

This pared-down, scaled-down Othello is a 75-minute reworking of Shakespeare’s play. It uses modern English (translated from Belgian playwright Ignace Cornelissen’s original by Unicorn’s...