Society & Politics Archives

Carmen Disruption

Laurence Green takes in an ambitious contemporary reworking of Bizet’s opera but, for all its promise, finds it to be resolutely uninvolving.

Laurence Green watches an absorbing production of The Merchant of Venice with Jonathan Pryce in magnetic form as the money lender Shylock....

A knockout performance from Imelda Staunton lights up Jonathan Kent's revival of the classic musical Gypsy at The Savoy Theatre says...

Laurence Green watches Tom Morton-Smith’s Oppenheimer and finds an impeccably performed production that will leave you shaken and stirred.

Labour today published its election manifesto but which issues are important to you. Take our short poll to find out what your peers think....

Sacha Wares directs a queasily funny, invasive and unnerving tale in which the audience join the players as complicit voyeurs. ...

Laurence Green reviews the revival production of Patrick Marber’s comedy about love and lust at the Donmar Warehouse.

February 13, 2015• Society & Politics

Laurence Green reviews the latest play from Tom Stoppard, The Hard Problem, after a nine year absence....

February 5, 2015• Society & Politics

A play which has its root in the past but resonates in the present is how you could describe Nadia Fall's timely production of Dara...