Tag Archives: Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

The Author

London: The Author: to Oct 24, 2009
Posted by : Carole Woddis, Sept 30, 2009 – 15.30pm London

The Author

Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs,
Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS
Mon-Sat 7.45, Mats Sats, 4pm
Post-show talk Oct 22
Age guidance 18+

Runs 1hr 20mins without an interval
TICKETS 020 7565 -5000
In person: Mon–Sat, 10am-start of perf or 6pm if no show
On-line: www.royalcourttheatre.co.uk
Sign Interpreted Performances: email boxoffice@royalcourttheatre.com;
Audio-Described Performances: tel: 020 7565 5100;
Captioned Performances: email boxoffice@royalcourttheatre.com

Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Sept 29, 2009

Tim Crouch certainly likes to put himself in the hot seat. In a good cause. Continue reading

Inside Bitch

Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London ***
Runs: 1hr 05 mins without interval 
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Mar 5, 2019:

© Ali Wright, Lucy Edkins, TerriAnn Oudjar, Jennifer Joseph, Jade Small

© Ali Wright, Lucy Edkins, TerriAnn Oudjar, Jennifer Joseph, Jade Small

Clean Break, the company that transforms the lives of ex prisoners through theatre are in celebratory mood. This is their 40th anniversary year and what an amazing and bravely innovating idea it was when two former inmates got together to start the company and bring new hope and life for women prisoners emerging from the criminal justice system.

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The Woods

Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London ***
Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Sept 21, 2018:

© Manuel Harlan, Tom Mothersdale (Wolf), Lesley Sharp as Woman aka a mother suffering from severe post natal depression

© Manuel Harlan, Tom Mothersdale (Wolf), the great Lesley Sharp as Woman aka a mother suffering from severe post natal depression

The woods and a character called Wolf. Well, you’re into the land of fairy-tales, aren’t you. And in this instance, grim ones, as if there are any others! Continue reading

Gundog

Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London (***)

© Manuel Harlan, Ria Zmitrowicz (Becky), Alec Secareanu (Guy) - it's tough out there on the land...

© Manuel Harlan, Ria Zmitrowicz (Becky), Alec Secareanu (Guy) – it’s tough out there on the land…

How lost can you feel in the countryside? According to Simon Longman’s new play, Gundog, a good deal. Longman’s rural family of shepherds are a sad lot. There’s Becky – school drop-out, couldn’t see the point of learning anything, `they don’t do lessons in shepherding’ – Anna, her older sister, quiet, monosyllabic, dependable.  And Ben, their angry, troubled brother, who turns up from time to time having been away but forced to return. He has no skills, other than being on the land. Continue reading

The Fall

Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London (****)

© Oscar O'Ryan, Ameera Conrad, Back: Cleo Raatus, Oarabile Ditsele, Thando Mangcu, Tankiso Mamabolo, Sizwesandile Mnisi

© Oscar O’Ryan, Ameera Conrad, Back: Cleo Raatus, Oarabile Ditsele, Thando Mangcu, Tankiso Mamabolo, Sizwesandile Mnisi

Sometimes a production just knocks you for six. This must have happened for many people when The Fall first appeared in the UK at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival. The story of the South African student movement for decolonisation, the #RhodesMustFall Movement, written and devised by those involved is a lesson to us all, in politicisation, finding one’s voice, discrimination and much more besides. Continue reading

Bodies

Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs (****)

© Bronwen Sharp, Salma Hoque as the Indian surrogate mother, Lakshmi

© Bronwen Sharp, Salma Hoque as the Indian surrogate mother, Lakshmi

It’s a very strange feeling when you come across two new plays with almost identical themes – a zeitgeist moment where an idea floating in the ether gets picked up by two playwrights in close time proximity. Continue reading