Stage
Sitting, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘Funny yet subtly devastating’
Katherine Parkinson of IT Crowd fame turns portrait painting into an ‘exercise in human understanding’ in her playwriting debut
Read More‘Fore play in the bedroom: Hackney’s Daniel Kramb on his upcoming drama – and it’s unusually intimate backdrop
The novelist turned playwright spoke to the Citizen as he prepares for a public read-through of his new project – set in a Dalston flat
Read MoreMaria Stuarda, The Old Church, opera review: ‘Revolutionary take on a sometimes distant art form’
OperaUpClose’s new production of Donizetti’s classic is ‘rich and heartbreaking’
Read MoreThe Crucible, Yard Theatre, review: ‘A subtle alternative to the good versus evil binary’
This ‘deft’, three-hour take on Arthur Miller’s classic play keeps the audience on tenterhooks
Read MoreCacophony, Yard Theatre, review: ‘Vibrant drama that taps into #MeToo debate’
Seventeen young actors star in Molly Taylor’s energetic play inspired by Jon Ronson’s book on public shaming
Read MoreAll About My Mother, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘Hamminess and high drama’
This stage adaptation offers a ‘good way to reminisce’ about the classic Spanish film
Read MoreAnthropocene, Hackney Empire, theatre preview: ‘A modern opera worthy of consideration’
The Scottish Opera and Royal Opera House team up for this ‘genuine thriller’ about an Arctic expedition which comes unstuck
Read MoreA Hero of Our Time, Arcola Theatre – review
Fast paced and bursting with emotion, this is a new adaptation of Mikhail Lermontov’s neglected 1840 novel
Read MoreMark Thomas: Check-Up – Our NHS @ 70, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘Visceral yet entertaining’
The comedian’s well-researched diagnosis of our healthcare service is both alarming and uplifting
Read MoreEvros: Crossing the River, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘The horrors of forced displacement’
Seemia Theatre’s poetic tales of involuntary migration moved audience members to tears
Read MoreTower Theatre Company set for ‘huge landmark’ as it gears up for opening night at new home
After 15 nomadic years, the am-dram group will launch its Stoke Newington venue next week with a performance of Henry V
Read MoreHackney-based theatre company wows crowds with Iron Man walkabouts
Graeae Theatre took a puppet the size of a double-decker bus to Mayor of London’s disability arts festival
Read MoreMemorial, Barbican Centre, theatre preview: ‘the biggest challenge is learning all the Greek names!’
The Citizen chats to Martina Schwarz, whose Hackney-based community choir will perform in the upcoming war drama
Read MoreCurtain Theatre: ‘this playhouse has exploded everything we thought we knew about playhouses’
Archaeological uncovering has had major impact on understanding the social role of Elizabethan theatre
Read MoreScene Gym Shorts, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘an opportunity to see a crop of fresh new ideas’
‘With hardly any set and casts of no more than five, these short, taught plays relied on dialogue to do their work’
Read MoreUnlock your child’s potential at your local Stagecoach School
Booking now for summer holiday workshop – limited places available
Read MoreHackney Empire announces new artistic director in leadership shake-up
Longtime member of the creative team Yamin Choudury replaces panto pioneer Susie McKenna, who stepped down at the start of 2017
Read MoreHamlet, Hackney Empire, review: RSC’s African restaging brings the energy of youth to the tragedy
The Royal Shakespeare Company come to Hackney with a West African-influenced production that features their first use of a black actor in the title role
Read MoreArcola Theatre’s Creative/Disruption festival: we preview this season of new plays from the local community
From over 50s to Turkish theatre, the Dalston theatre is throwing the spotlight on underrepresented groups’ stories in this iteration of the annual festival
Read MoreYou, Me, The World and Hackney Wick: new play at The Yard explores the history and future of E9
Following a free community meal, the stories of twenty locals from all walks of Wick life will be told tomorrow 13 January
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