The Wonderful World of Dissocia review – whimsical and brutal
At first, Anthony Neilson’s play is a bewildering affair, but its sombre aftermath imparts understanding with crushing effect
May 2020
'The audience booed, the cast fled' – playwrights relive their worst flops
Alan Ayckbourn’s orchestra decamped to the pub, Lynn Nottage’s social satire became all too real, and April De Angelis is still angry with her critics
October 2019
Boulevard theatre, London's new Soho venue, announces first shows
State-of-the-art West End theatre opens its doors with a season including plays by Cormac McCarthy and Lucy Prebble
April 2019
Elephant in the Room: staring down the stigma of black men's mental health
In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression
December 2018
The Tell-Tale Heart review – Poe story becomes brilliantly creepy stage shocker
Anthony Neilson’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story has a sexual frisson, schlocky gore and a shape-shifting set
May 2018
European court overturns Malta ban on Auschwitz play
ECHR awards theatre company €20,000, ruling Stitching by Anthony Neilson wrongly banned
April 2018
Anthony Neilson: Does #MeToo need a liberal male sticking his oar in?
In The Prudes, the playwright satirises men’s response to the current political moment. He explains how it was created from scratch in rehearsals
May 2017
Kafka, catwalks and vanishing sets: Miriam Buether's stunning designs – in pictures
From a play inspired by Edward Snowden to an opera about Anna Nicole Smith, Miriam Buether’s stage designs always astonish audiences. She talks through six of her greatest creations
January 2017
Theatre blog
Beyond Blasted: how the 90s changed theatre in the UK
The decade is still associated with the ‘In-Yer-Face’ moniker but it brought us a thrilling variety of new writing and fresh, boundary-breaking styles of theatre
December 2016
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland review – Anthony Neilson's Christmas Caroll
Neilson’s playful take on the much-loved novel is an eccentric fantasia full of clever theatrical tricks
September 2016
I'm a deaf actor. That shouldn't define me – or limit the roles I play
Genevieve Barr
For too long, theatre has seen disability as another box to tick. The acting industry should make the casting process fairer for disabled actors
July 2016
Theatre blog
Matt Smith took a huge risk with Unreachable – the result is unmissable
Unreachable review – Matt Smith searches for the magic hour
April 2013
Narrative; Cannibals; Once – review
Mark Lawson's theatre studies
The name game: do play titles matter?
October 2011
Marat/Sade prompts audience walkouts at RSC
Scenes of 'filth and depravity' in Anthony Neilson's revival of notorious 60s play provoke mass exits
Marat/Sade – review
A barrage of contemporary references detracts from the horrors of post-revolutionary France in this play within a play, writes Andrew Dickson
Marat/Sade – review
This new production tends to submerge its insights under a somewhat strenuous sensationalism, writes Michael Billington
July 2010
Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble
They are theatrical firebrands in their own right – so why did Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson team up for this year's big Edinburgh festival premiere? Maddy Costa joins rehearsals
March 2010
National Theatre of Scotland accused of ignoring classic Scots drama
Critics say NTS management is stuck in the present and using government money to undermine the language
