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A Minute with Forbes Masson

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“I love Jermyn Street. It’s my third play here and I love the intimacy,” shares the legendary Scottish actor and writer Forbes Masson, who is currently playing there in Orphans. The play, written by the American playwright Lyle Kessler, is set in the North Philadelphia…

BY Louise Snouck
Date January 8, 2026
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Turandot: Problematic Fave

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Problematic fave Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Turandot has been in repertory at the Met Opera on and off for nearly four decades, well after most of the Western world in theatre, cinema, and other arts had decided that race play -- both literally and in…

BY Kyle Turner
Date December 10, 2025
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KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT ON THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING

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Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a theatre-maker and director from Cape Town, South Africa. Melodrama’s Kate Purdum recently spoke to Oliphant over the phone about his work on Nazareth Hassan’s Practice, a buzzy and polarizing new play (which will conclude its wildly popular run at Playwrights…

BY Kate Purdum
Date December 8, 2025
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01

A Minute with Forbes Masson

Read

“I love Jermyn Street. It’s my third play here and I love the intimacy,” shares the legendary Scottish actor and writer Forbes Masson, who is currently playing there in Orphans. The play, written by the American playwright Lyle Kessler, is set in the North Philadelphia…

BY Louise Snouck
Date January 8, 2026
Read 5 min. read
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Turandot: Problematic Fave

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Problematic fave Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Turandot has been in repertory at the Met Opera on and off for nearly four decades, well after most of the Western world in theatre, cinema, and other arts had decided that race play -- both literally and in…

BY Kyle Turner
Date December 10, 2025
Read 6 min. read
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KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT ON THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING

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Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a theatre-maker and director from Cape Town, South Africa. Melodrama’s Kate Purdum recently spoke to Oliphant over the phone about his work on Nazareth Hassan’s Practice, a buzzy and polarizing new play (which will conclude its wildly popular run at Playwrights…

BY Kate Purdum
Date December 8, 2025
Read 5 min. read

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KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT ON THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING

Kate Purdum
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Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a theatre-maker and director from Cape Town, South Africa. Melodrama’s Kate Purdum recently spoke to Oliphant over the phone about his work on Nazareth Hassan’s Practice,…

SAM PRITCHARD ON INHERITED STORIES AND MYTHS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN

Luke Bromage Henry
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Sam Pritchard is a theatre director and the former Associate Director at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Most recently, he directed Romans: A Novel, the latest play by award-winning…

SOUTRA GILMOUR IS INTERESTED IN HOW THEATRE FEELS IMMEDIATE AND CLOSE

Louise Snouck
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Costume and set designer Soutra’s creative partnership with director-of-the-moment Jamie Lloyd has shaped some of the most talked-about productions of the past few years—Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Cyrano de Bergerac, Betrayal,…

Turandot: Problematic Fave

Kyle Turner
6 min. read

Problematic fave Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Turandot has been in repertory at the Met Opera on and off for nearly four decades, well after most of the Western world in…

OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE AT THE OPERA

Sarah Hyde
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Art Writer Sarah Hyde explores the production of La Bohème, Part of the Famous Glyndebourne Opera House’s Autumn Season.

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Clementine Melvin
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Curator Reviews

Matilda
london Musical

We love the book, we love the film, but the musical of Matilda might be the winner. The young performers...

from: Esmé Thompson
The Maids
london Theatre

I had no idea what awaited me when I sat down to watch The Maids on its third night at...

from: Luke Bromage-Henry
GIANT
london Theatre

This is Proper play with a capital P. John Lithgow as Roald Dahl is spellbinding. Irascible, charming, controlling, and capricious,...

from: Rupert Stonehill
All My Sons
london Theatre

Celeb studded casts have become as common place in London’s West End as Pret A Mangers on the surrounding streets....

from: Clementine Melvin
Stereophonic
london Musical

The staging is inviting, I felt a part of the studio, more invisible than one of the engineers, Charlie. The...

from: Luke Bromage-Henry
The Importance of Being Earnest
london Theatre

If you\'re in the mood for Panto à la Bridgerton, this is your show. For me, Wilde\'s words were over-acted...

from: Louise Snouck
Other
new york Theatre

I first saw “Other” over the summer in the Berkshires under its previous title “Out of Character.” I didn’t like...

from: Alexandra Burns
The Line of Beauty
london Theatre

This adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s novel arrives freighted with the dismal ambition of being adapted from a much loved novel...

from: Rupert Stonehill
Porn Play
london Theatre

Like a grown-up version of Der Struwwelpeter. The message in \"Porn Play\" is unrelentingly clear. Hands above the covers kids...

from: Sarah Hyde
Entertaining Mr Sloane
london Theatre

One of the more upbeat (albeit darkly comic) things I\'ve seen recently. First half much better than second but the...

from: Alex Bott