Summerfolk is a witty, ruthless dissection of the bourgeoisie Life&Style Summerfolk | National Theatre | ★★★★★ Maxim Gorky is a giant of the Russian literary canon, a playwright to be mentioned in the same breath as Gogol and Pushkin and even Chekhov. Yet his work is rarely performed on these shores and I’m a little ashamed to admit I have visited more municipal parks bearing [...]
Arcadia at the Old Vic is a brilliant farewell to Tom Stoppard Life&Style Arcadia | Old Vic | ★★★★☆ Arcadia is a dizzying piece of work, as broad as the universe and as self-contained as a jigsaw puzzle. Through it Tom Stoppard addresses some of humanity’s great questions: do we have free will? Is poetry more important than science? Is there anyone Lord Byron didn’t shag? It opens [...]
American Psycho musical at the Almeida review: Bloody brilliant Life&Style American Psycho at the Almeida | ★★★★★ A lot has happened over the years Rupert Goold has been artistic director of the Almeida. In 2013 he opened his tenure at the Islington theatre with this wickedly amoral musical: six British Prime Ministers and one pandemic later, he completes the oroborus with the same riotous show. [...]