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Photo: Helen Maybanks from https://www.bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-oresteia/ Simon Stone's modern interpretation of The Oresteia trilogy is bloody, messy and makes your brain work, exactly what a recreation of Greek Tragedy should be and do. Split into three parts, and almost four hours long, with long scenes taking place throughout a revolving, two-story house, beautiful monologues and contemporary themes expertly weaved through both the personal and the political. Ther

Photo: arcolatheatre.com This adaptation of Euripides' Iphigenia is exactly what I believe should be done by modern theatre-makers with the classic texts that have survived millennia and continue to be recreated for us. Serdar Bilis' direction blends timeframes together, enchants us with beautiful music and singing and brings us closer to an ancient text than I have ever felt a director has. Mona Camille's set design is ethereal and timeless, allowing the piece to move betwee

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVrAsMqDIsN/?img_index=4 It’s interesting to interrogate what you think about an adaptation, knowing that you’ve only seen it because you love the original. The question of how the writer has responded to the material and to what extent they are ‘changing’ the story or characters is important to ask because there is also the argument of reviewing the play based on what is presented to you on the night and not how respectful they were to the

It's rare at the moment to see a piece that leaves you feeling joyous but this revival of 'Blink' does just that. I was lucky enough to be able to sit in on an early rehearsal and was sceptical, like I always am, about shows with audience participation, but as the show went on I saw how this piece grew, and meaning was conveyed by even a few moments of eye contact with audience members and soon I was on the edge of my seat watching this relationship unfold. Love is whatever