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Ten great plays set in summer

Posted on July 28, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Three Days in The Country, Patrick Marber’s new adaption of Turgenev, I’ve rounded up 10 other great plays set in the summer, from bucolic romance and adolescent yearning to fiery conflict and family combustion. Read my … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 10, A Midsummer Night's Dream, a streetcar named desire, adaptation, adolescent, all my sons, american dream, arthur miller, august osage county, best, chekhov, child, childhood, comedy, court, drama, Eugene O’Neill, family, fourth of july, hay fever, heat, hot, independence day, jury, law, love, lust, magic, Mark Gatiss, may day, meryl streep, national theatre, noel coward, parent, patrick marber, play, romance, romeo and juliet, russia, russian, sex, shakespeare, simon russell beale, summer, summer solstice, sun, teenager, tennessee williams, the cherry orchard, theatre, three days in the country, top 10, tragedy, trial, turgenev, twelve angry men, young, youth | Leave a comment

The Trial, Young Vic

Posted on July 3, 2015 by mkmswain

Judgement is inescapable in Richard Jones’s punishing version of Kafka’s novel. Miriam Buether’s striking design makes the audience a voyeuristic jury, ranged on benches in the queasily lit courtroom, with the accused toiling before us on a rolling travelator. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, book, court, crime, drama, freud, guilt, hugh skinner, islington gazette, james joyce, jury, justice, kafka, law, legal, london, nick gill, novel, play, politics, punishment, review, richard jones, rory kinnear, sex, shame, state, surveillance, terrorism, terrorist, the trial, theatre, trial, young vic | Leave a comment

Savile victims honoured in chilling story

Posted on June 19, 2015 by mkmswain

How did he get away with it? That’s the question Jonathan Maitland’s controversial new play addresses, juxtaposing national treasure Sir Jimmy Savile, feted by monarchs, prime ministers and cardinals, with the thuggish serial abuser. Savile’s cheeky asides – the knighthood … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, charity, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, islington gazette, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, journalist, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, media, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, rapist, review, savile, theatre, trial, victims | Leave a comment

An Audience With Jimmy Savile, Park Theatre

Posted on June 12, 2015 by mkmswain

Seldom has there been such impassioned debate about whether a play has a right to exist. Writer Jonathan Maitland faced a barrage of criticism, with many accusing him of exploitation; others felt it was too soon for freshly unveiled horror … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, measure for measure, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, raped, ray teret, review, savile, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, this is your life, trial, tv, victim, victims | Leave a comment

Warde Street, Park Theatre

Posted on October 7, 2014 by mkmswain

The advantage of basing drama on real events, particularly emotive ones like the 2005 London bombings, is that they have inbuilt resonance; the disadvantage, all too apparent in 2013 play Warde Street, is that it can be challenging to articulate a … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 2005, 7/7, albion, alecky blythe, attack, bombing, bus, drama, eastenders, killing, london, malcolm tucker, manchester, murder, muslim, park theatre, play, politician, politics, review, shooting, terrorist, the arts desk, the thick of it, the vertical hour, theatre, trial, tube, warde street, widower | Leave a comment

And now for something completely brilliant

Posted on July 4, 2014 by mkmswain

Terry Gilliam directs operas. Terry Jones writes children’s books. And Michael Palin is that nice man who does the travel programmes on the BBC. Enfant terribles? Not exactly. Yet somehow, 40 years on, this virtuoso comedy collective has retained its … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged always look on the bright side of life, and now for something completely different, animation, bbc, bill bailey, brian cox, carol cleveland, comedy, dead parrot, eric idle, flying circus, graham chapman, great britain, hacking, holy grail, john cleese, life of brian, london, meaning of life, michael palin, monty python, national theatre, reunion, review, richard bean, spanish inquisition, stephen hawking, tabloid, terry gilliam, terry jones, the o2, tom stoppard, trial, tv | Leave a comment

The art of war

Posted on April 23, 2013 by mkmswain

‘How do you police symbolic acts?’ In 2011, millions of people across the globe watched and waited for news of renowned conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, incarcerated by Chinese state officials for 81 days on spurious grounds. Last Friday, an astonishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 55 days, ai weiwei, arrest of ai weiwei, charles i, china, digital, drama, free, hampstead theatre, Howard Brenton, kafka, live, play, prison, review, stream, theatre, trial, watch, youtube | Leave a comment

Law and disorder

Posted on April 17, 2013 by mkmswain

The legal world has always been a tempting source for dramatists, with its high stakes, opposing narratives, shocking twists, theatrical arguments and compelling conflicts building to a thrilling climax. Jabine Chaudri’s site-specific My Daughter’s Trial, relocated from the Soho Theatre to Browns Courtrooms, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged barrister, british, browns, court, drama, justice, law, legal, london, muslim, my daughter's trial, play, review, soho theatre, theatre, trial | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: trial

Ten great plays set in summer

The Trial, Young Vic

Savile victims honoured in chilling story

An Audience With Jimmy Savile, Park Theatre

Warde Street, Park Theatre

And now for something completely brilliant

The art of war

Law and disorder

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