PeopleMasha Rupasova: “There Was Hope During COVID”Beloved contemporary children’s poet and author Masha Rupasova hardly needs an introduction. It seems there’s hardly a Russian-speaking child today…
CultureLetters from the TheatreIt Will Hurt A Revival of an Old Play About Immigrants at the Lyttelton TheatreThe National Theatre has unearthed a play from the archives, written in 1978 by British playwright of Guyanese origin, Michael…
CultureLetters from the TheatreDawn After the Storm: The Second Play in Drury Lane’s Shakespeare Season“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of those productions that doesn’t just start at the coat check—it begins right from…
CultureLetters from the TheatreTailors and Jewelers: Theater in MarchWhat does London’s theater scene have in store for audiences in the first month of spring? Gains and losses, as…
CultureLetters from the TheatreThread by Thread: “Three Sisters” at The GlobeChekhov has always been an important playwright for the English stage—just think of recent landmark productions, from Uncle Vanya with…
CultureLetters from the TheatreWhat Grief! About Love and AzovstalDirector and playwright John Retallack staged “Mariupol”, a play by Katya Haddad, at The Cockpit theater with the support of…
CultureLetters from the TheatreGray Ashes of Unlove: Shakespeare’s Play as a Mirror of AntisemitismThis Merchant of Venice—with the added subtitle 1936—is pinned to the stage floor, like a model, with push pins, two…
CultureLetters from the TheatreDramas and Tragedies: London Theatres in FebruaryAlright, there is one comedy in this selection—but otherwise, prepare yourselves for catharsis. Catharsis is when the audience empathizes deeply…
PeopleNikolai Mulakov and Ivanka Polchenko: “Reality Dictated Our Artistic Solution”Actor Nikolai Mulakov performed in the play Vanya Is Alive! by Natalia Lizorkina at the Edinburgh Fringe, and this work,…
CultureImmersion in Stoppard at HampsteadOne of the most exciting theatres outside the West End is staging Tom Stoppard. ‘The Invention of Love’, which premiered…
CultureTo You, Little One! A Romantic Story About Growing Up at the National TheatreNoel Streatfeild’s novel was written in the 1930s and became wildly successful—there wasn’t a child in the United Kingdom who…
