Tag Archives: millennial

Yerma, Young Vic

Posted on August 5, 2016 by mkmswain

Australian theatre’s ‘enfant terrible’ Simon Stone, whose 2014 version of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck at the Barbican memorably starred a live duck, has returned to take on Lorca’s 1934 “tragic poem”. If some of the elemental lyricism has been lost … Continue reading →

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The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre

Posted on April 12, 2016 by mkmswain

Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the occasional “How anxious … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anxiety, brad birch, conspiracy, david bowie, drama, fear, generation y, heroes, london, mel hillyard, millennial, orange tree theatre, play, review, school, teacher, the arts desk, the brink, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, worry | Leave a comment

Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain

Posted on February 13, 2015 by mkmswain

Eighteen months on, and Ed Miliband is still intoning “Cost of living crisis” in the hope of persuading disillusioned voters that someone at Westminster understands their plight. Yet the gulf between rhetoric and experience seems ever widening, making art that … Continue reading →

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