Anthony Walker-Cook

4 weeks ago

Interview with Chris Bush on Pericles at the National Theatre: ‘Everyone in the industry talks the talk about the theatre being for everyone, but only schemes like Public Acts put those platitudes into meaningful action.’

London Student exchange questions with Chris Bush, playwright and adaptor of the new Public Acts performance of Pericles at the…

1 month ago

Interview with Milly Thomas on Dust, Mental Health and the Theatre’s Role in Voicing Personal Narratives

Exchanging questions with Milly Thomas, writer of the award-winning Dust, which opens at the Trafalgar Studios next month, Anthony Walker-Cook…

2 months ago

Interview with Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre, on F Off: ‘The tone of the play will surprise a lot of people, and the facts and content will horrify.’

Paul Roseby has been the director of the National Youth Theatre for fifteen years and the company’s newest show will…

2 months ago

Broken Wings at the Theatre Royal Haymarket: a talented cast cannot save this story of star-crossed lovers

Anthony Walker-Cook reviews this new adaptation of Broken Wings, based on the poetic novel by Kahlil Gibran. Broken Wings is…

2 months ago

London in Contemporary British Fiction: The City Beyond the City, edited by Nick Hubble & Philip Tew (Bloomsbury, 2018).

Anthony Walker-Cook reviews Bloomsbury’s latest scholarly collection on London in contemporary British fiction. Thinking of the ‘Big Smoke’ that is…

2 months ago

Home, I’m Darling at the National Theatre: ‘an arch reminder of our tendency to simplify the past’

A joint collaboration between the National Theatre and Theatre Clwyd, Home, I’m Darling presents a modern woman with the sensibility…