Heather Neill
Heather Neill
Articles by Heather Neill
#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday, 18 April 2013
During rehearsals of his new play, Howard Brenton and the company had a sudden realisation: they were willing partners in "the vast Ai Weiwei project". The Chinese dissident artist, a constant critic... Read more... |
Molly Sweeney, The Print Room
Wednesday, 03 April 2013
Molly Sweeney has been blind since early childhood. Supported by her understanding father, she has grown into a confident, independent woman. Then her new husband Frank and an ambitious... Read more... |
Proof, Menier Chocolate Factory
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Mathematicians are a breed apart, bandying numbers about in a way that few outside their magic circle can fully understand. David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play uses this exclusiveness to... Read more... |
Longing, Hampstead Theatre
Friday, 08 March 2013
If only there were more Chekhov! Theatregoers in England, for whom Anton Pavlovich is little short of a god, must have wished this often enough. The handful of great plays come round almost as... Read more... |
Purple Heart, Gate Theatre
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Clybourne Park won Bruce Norris a slew of awards on both sides of the Atlantic a couple of years ago. His fearless, shocking, very funny response to Lorraine Hansbury's classic A Raisin in the Sun... Read more... |
The Captain of Köpenick, National Theatre
Wednesday, 06 February 2013
A little man takes on Authority and fails. A little man dons a colourful uniform, complete with boots and spiked helmet, and he becomes Authority. Carl Zuckmayer wrote Der Hauptmann von Köpenick in... Read more... |
Metamorphosis, Lyric Hammersmith
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
While Kafka specifically declined to indicate exactly what kind of creature Gregor Samsa becomes in his horrific overnight transformation, translators of the novella have gone for a variety of... Read more... |
Hansel and Gretel, National Theatre
Friday, 14 December 2012
’Tis the season to be jolly. ’Tis also the season to dust off the stories of the Grimms and Perrault and present them as drama, sometimes transmogrified into panto. There are sometimes attempts to go... Read more... |
Everyday Maps for Everyday Use, Finborough Theatre
Friday, 07 December 2012
Woking and Mars both provide subject matter for cartographers. John, who reckons he’s an achiever, is updating the local A to Z, while Behrooz, once a colleague of John’s, is exhibiting his paintings... Read more... |
Where the Mangrove Grows, Theatre503
Sunday, 11 November 2012
This is a short play, but not a sweet one. Nevertheless, the ban on under-16s and the warning that it “contains themes that some audience members may find distressing” seems unnecessary for more than... Read more... |
