Tag Archives: tricycle theatre

Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre

Posted on September 12, 2018 by mkmswain

It’s all change at the Kiln (was Tricycle) Theatre, with a £5.5 million redevelopment resulting in a bright, light, spacious and welcoming new building – complete with a more obvious street presence, comfortable café/bar area, plentiful ladies’ loos, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alexis zegerman, book tickets, broadwayworld, child, christian, faith, holy shit, Indhu Rubasingham, jewish, kilburn, kiln theatre, london, parent, play, religion, review, school, teacher, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

Opinion: Post-Brexit, we need theatre more than ever

Posted on June 26, 2016 by mkmswain

In seeking to understand the historic, divisive and to some bewildering Brexit vote, I will turn to theatre. Through my regular exposure to it, I can number among my ever-widening acquaintance a young king, a whistleblower, a minimum-wage movie usher, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged brexit, britain, eu, europe, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, play, referendum, royal court, stage, the arts, the arts desk, the man in the womans shoes, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on April 15, 2016 by mkmswain

Where else can you find a spot-on impression of a dog who thinks she’s a cockerel? That’s just one member of the menagerie conjured by the extraordinary Mikel Murfi, who also summons chickens, bees, seagulls, pigs, sheep and a dying … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged church, drama, ham and high, ireland, irish, london, love, Mikel Murfi, play, review, rural, seventies, sligo, the man in the womans shoes, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre

Posted on February 3, 2016 by mkmswain

Lolita Chakrabarti’s impassioned debut has only gained topicality since its 2012 Tricycle incarnation. Trevor Nunn’s all-white Wars of the Roses and #OscarsSoWhite, among others, have fanned its flames, while quips about a paranoid Russian regime and the limits of English … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abolition, actor, adrian lester, backstage, black, cameron, drama, european referendum, garrick theatre, history, ira aldridge, kenneth branagh, london, oscars, oscarssowhite, othello, period drama, play, prejudice, race, racism, red velvet, review, slavery, theatre, theatre royal, tricycle theatre, trump, west end | Leave a comment

The Mother, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on January 27, 2016 by mkmswain

Anne longs for 23-year-old son Nicholas to return home. One night, he appears. Or does he? Welcome back to the queasily elliptical world of Florian Zeller, where certainty fractures as familiar elements are repeated, dissected, made strange and menacing. Zeller … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bipolar, child, christopher hampton, depression, drama, empty nest, father, florian zeller, gina mckee, london, mental illness, mother, mum, parent, pinter, play, review, son, the arts desk, the father, the mother, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre royal bath, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on November 25, 2015 by mkmswain

Hollywood took 365 speaking parts, 50,000 extras and 78 horses to tell this epic tale in 1959; here at the Tricycle, it’s a cast of four and some enterprising puppet work. Playwright Patrick Barlow, following up global hit The 39 Steps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, am dram, ancient rome, backstage, ben hur, bible, chariot race, christ, comedy, drama, epic, farce, film, galley, history, homoeroticism, jerusalem, jesus, joke, judea, london, miracle, monty python, movie, patrick barlow, play, pun, radio 4, religion, review, slapstick, slave, story, storytelling, the 39 steps, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, theatre of brent, tricycle theatre, virgin mary | Leave a comment

Unsubtle Tartuffe update misses target

Posted on October 27, 2015 by mkmswain

Last year, American poet/playwright Marcus Gardley scored a hit at the Tricycle by transporting Lorca to 19th-century New Orleans, and his loose adaptation of Molière’s 1664 Tartuffe seemed equally promising – the hypocritical religious devotee becoming a Deep South charlatan preacher. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a wolf in snakeskin shoes, comedy, deep south, drama, farce, gospel, ham and high, Indhu Rubasingham, london, marcus gardley, moliere, play, preacher, religion, review, sharon d clarke, sing, singing, tartuffe, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on October 16, 2015 by mkmswain

Molière’s 1664 comedy Tartuffe transplanted to present-day Atlanta, Georgia: it sounds like an inspired idea. The hypocritical religious devotee becomes a charlatan preacher fleecing his flock, offering salvation in exchange for hard cash and a distinctly unpriestly grope. But Marcus … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a wolf in snakeskin shoes, america, atlanta, bible, christian, church, comedy, deep south, drama, empire, faith, faith healer, family, farce, gay, georgia, god, gospel, homosexual, marcus gardley, moliere, music, noises off, play, poetry, preacher, religion, review, sex, singing, tartuffe, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre, verse | Leave a comment

Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mkmswain

At its best, theatre doesn’t just communicate ideas or invite distanced empathy. It completely immerses us in the experience of another human being. Florian Zeller won France’s top drama prize, the Molière Award, for 2014 play The Father, and Christopher … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alzheimers, care, carer, christopher hampton, claire skinner, daughter, dementia, drama, family, father, florian zeller, france, french, ham and high, hampstead, highgate, kenneth cranham, king lear, london, paris, pinter, play, review, the father, theatre, tricycle theatre | Leave a comment

The Father, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on May 13, 2015 by mkmswain

André is losing time. It’s not just his perennially mislaid watch, but whole hours, weeks, years. Is he still living in his Paris flat, or did he move in with his daughter Anne? Is she married, divorced, leaving the country … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: tricycle theatre

Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre

Opinion: Post-Brexit, we need theatre more than ever

The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre

The Mother, Tricycle Theatre

Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

Unsubtle Tartuffe update misses target

A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre

Savagely powerful play takes us inside dementia

The Father, Tricycle Theatre

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