Aleks Sierz
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- Bio
- Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.
Articles by Aleks Sierz
In the Republic of Happiness, Royal Court Theatre
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Christmas plays are a seasonal curse of British theatre. But there are alternatives to pantos and Dickens monologues. At the Royal Court Theatre, there is a tradition of more edgy Christmas fare,... Read more... |
Interview: Martin Crimp in the Republic of Satire
Monday, 10 December 2012
Playwright Martin Crimp defies labels. He has been called obscure and oblique, too difficult and, worst of all, too Continental. But although he is feted on the European mainland — George Benjamin’s... Read more... |
Hero, Royal Court Theatre
Friday, 30 November 2012
Is discretion really the better part of valour? This question arises in a particularly acute form in this new play, which looks at Danny, a gay primary school teacher who decides to come out —... Read more... |
The Effect, National Theatre
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Science thrives on stage. In play after play, various scientific ideas seem to flourish in the warm, well-lit environment of the theatre, fed by a crew of artists and despite the threats of critics... Read more... |
NSFW, Royal Court Theatre
Friday, 02 November 2012
London theatre loves plays about the media. Is this because we spend so much time flicking through magazines, visiting websites or watching television? Or is it because this venue’s trendy... Read more... |
The Kingdom, Soho Theatre
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Finding the mythic echoes of the ancient Greeks in stories about the modern world is not just confined to past greats such as TS Eliot, but is also used by contemporary adapters of old tragedies. Yet... Read more... |
55 Days, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday, 25 October 2012
In the past few years, without any fanfare, the veteran playwright and Spooks script-writer Howard Brenton has not only made a comeback, but also become the chief chronicler of the nation’s past. One... Read more... |
Red Velvet, Tricycle Theatre
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Wow, what a lot of debuts. Adrian Lester (Hustle, Bonekickers, Merlin) makes his Tricycle Theatre debut in this new play about a black actor in Regency London, and it’s written by his wife, the... Read more... |
This House, National Theatre
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Over the past few years, the 1970s have made a cultural comeback. On television, there’s been Life on Mars and White Heat, in the bookshops tomes by Dominic Sandbrook, in the theatre revivals of... Read more... |
Scenes From An Execution, National Theatre
Friday, 05 October 2012
Walkouts are always intriguing. When audience members leave before the final curtain, it’s usually a sign that the play is too powerful, or too scandalous, or maybe just not very good. After reports... Read more... |
A Chorus of Disapproval, Harold Pinter Theatre
Saturday, 29 September 2012
The West End seems to be recession-proof, with rising profits, rising ticket prices and few empty theatres. But is this because commercial theatre is becoming increasingly formulaic? How about this... Read more... |
Mudlarks, Bush Theatre
Saturday, 22 September 2012
The popular image of the state-of-the-nation play is that of a large-scale, big-cast drama that has an epic time span and lots of highly articulate speeches that analyse the way we are. But sometimes... Read more... |
Love and Information, Royal Court Theatre
Saturday, 15 September 2012
In the non-Olympic sport called “Name Britain’s greatest living playwright”, most of the contestants have always been men. Nowadays, that is all changed and the odds-on favourite would be Caryl... Read more... |
Choir Boy, Royal Court Theatre
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
With the American presidential election campaign now in full swing, the search is surely on for cultural expressions of the two nations that the candidates represent: white rich people versus the... Read more... |
Blink, Soho Theatre
Thursday, 06 September 2012
After years spent in the dark alleyways of abuse, where the only optimistic light is the sickly glow of neon, some new playwrights are emerging into the sunnier meadows of romantic comedy. The market... Read more... |
An Incident at the Border, Trafalgar Studios
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Since 2004, the Ambassador Group’s Trafalgar Studios has done sterling work in staging West End transfers for some of London’s most promising fringe talents. Kieran Lynn’s An Incident at the Border... Read more... |
How to contact Aleks Sierz
- personal website
- http://www.inyerface-theatre.com
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