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First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence

An intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by Harriet Walter, which is touring schools

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Mamma Mia! is Shakespeare’s Tempest in campy musical disguise

Mamma Mia!, the 1999 jukebox musical built around the songs of the pop group ABBA, became a huge hit in the theatre internationally and later a commercially successful feature film. It has inspired a host of spinoffs including a prequel film, an immersive dining experience and fan fiction.

The Conversation · Jun 9

Dame Harriet Walter to star in all-female production of Julius Caesar for RSC

The play will be part of a new season of shows, which includes an all-male production of As You Like It starring Jonathan Groff.

Evening Standard · Feb 26

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – new play is an angry demand for accountability

The National Theatre’s new play, Grenfell: in the words of survivors, written by Gillian Slovo and directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Anthony Simpson-Pike, aims to offer a voice to survivors of the fire.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors review – a masterpiece of forensic fury

Piling up devastating detail, this play with a remarkable cast shockingly lays bare the abject failures behind this disaster

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Grenfell Tower survivors perspective shared in new National Theatre play

A new play from the National Theatre will be staged in London to share the stories of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster with real shared experiences from the survivors

Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023

National Theatre to stage play based on Grenfell survivors perspective

The production collected the stories of the bereaved, survivors and the wider community.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’

As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

Gilly Gilly review – Cush Jumbo’s searing play about abuse let down by mundane details

Delivered with rage, as a woman reckoning with her past, this audio drama written and performed by Jumbo takes too long to get to the point, stalling in domesticity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022