38 stories by "Sebastian Calver"
Review: Hear Me Howl, VAULT Festival 4.0Overall Score A story of self-made and societal expectations and a reminder NOT to meet them! Hear Me Howl, written by Lydia Rynne and directed by Kay…
Review: The Milkman Cometh, VAULT Festival3.0starsCautious comedy with too many boundaries. The Vaults is a great place for a piece like The Milkman Cometh, written by: Alice Bounce, Maxwell…
Review: Dear Elizabeth, Gate Theatre5.0starsAn initiative full of love, passion and regret. Dear Elizabeth, written by Sarah Ruhl, follows the lives of renowned poets, Elizabeth Bishop and R…
Review: Pinter Six, Harold Pinter Theatre4.0Overall ScorePinter Six, part of Jamie Lloyd‘s Pinter at the Pinter season, features two of Harold Pinter‘s comedies: Party Time and C…
Review of The Tragedy Of King Richard The Second, playing at the Almeida Theatre until 2 January.
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A tentative build-up, but boy is it worth it! Nine Night is a story paying homage to the nine nights celebrating the life of the dead that is a necessity in order to send away the departed w…
An unusual menagerie of consequential storytelling. Dialektikon follows Miranda, played by Mary Nyambura, a young girl defenceless and naive in a cruel world full of unknowns. Through the us…
We live in a society very ignorant of the conflict in Syria and its harrowing reality, which is often paved over by the short and sickly-sweet blanket term: “the crisis in Syria". The …
As a woman in what is still a male dominated industry, can you achieve your goals, without exploiting yourself through sexualisation? Maiden Speech is a platform for new writers, produced by…
Renaissance Men follows Irvine (Sam Heron), a young lad with a desire to write. Through his writing he expresses personal suffering, and is clearly struggling to find his identity. Heron's c…
A dystopian, existential mare. RATS, written by Gaël van den Bossche, challenges our individuality by posing an idea that we would all function better and essentially be happier if we had…
There’s something particularly funny about putting a successful yet grouchy old realist in a room with an optimistic, naive try-hard. Besides the fun digs at the younger generation enj…
I think Pinter Three finds a perfect balance in showing the purpose of theatre; capturing the idea of release, enjoyment and escapism but conjoining it with seriously challenging topics and …
A very talented cast and a very sad history. Geoffrey Williams' (playwright and director) new play is an intimate and scathing reminder of the horror of history that we often forget to remem…
Chekhov's First Play is a reimagining of a Shakespeare play, but with an entirely different goal! As the lights go down in the auditorium, we put on headphones waiting to be received by the …
A simple yet effective story line following the lives of six individuals who juggle the constant challenges of life, depression, heartache and love; The Distance You Have Come is a warm and …
Unconventionally whacky yet importantly relevant. Shining a light on the significance of nature and nurture. Wise children, as explained by director Emma Rice in an interview with A Younger …
A masterclass in interpreting Shakespeare: whether verse line or thought line take precedence. Josie Rourke‘s Measure for Measure is a well-rounded and creative exploration into in…
Porgy and Bess collaborates vocal excellence with truthful relationships and powerful drama to amalgamate into a visual and audible rollercoaster. Porgy and Bess, a well-known George and Ira…
(No) Leaves on my precious self is an endearing, honest and vulnerable piece of writing exploring the hardships of a career in a forever changing, always judging art form that some of us cal…
Kwame Kwei Armah and Oskar Eustis' Twelfth Night is slick, easy to follow, genuine and (of all qualities to aspire most to in a piece of new work), powerful. It is packed with musical genius…
For a Bon Jovi amateur whose fandom is limited to Livin’ On A Prayer, my knowledge needn’t be more experienced! Paul O'Donnell takes us on an idea for a Bon Jovi musical, relying…
Marathon is the thought process you experience when watching the news: what’s wrong with the world today? Heart-breaking story after heart-breaking story. Who’s going to do an…
Gurpreet Kaur Bhati's new play Dishoom! is a bizzare yet enlightening look at Indian culture, scratching at the surface of the struggles the country faced due to westernisation. Set in a …
A dysfunctional family sits down at the Thanksgiving table and treasures the precious time that they have left together. But their geographic locations, ages and past mistakes are threatenin…
