The Latest Breaking News from Sarah Kane

A critical mauling: Brian Logan on comedy critics being portrayed as horrible snobs

Two Edinburgh fringe shows feature savage send-ups of reviewers. Is this petty revenge or do they have a case? Our writer finds one ‘a hoot’ – and thinks the other let him off lightly

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14

Cleansed at the Almeida: A gruelling, gripping orgy of cruelty

4/5 Sarah Kane’s notoriously extreme play returns to shock audiences again, but with good reason

Evening Standard · Aug 3

Cleansed review – Sarah Kane’s visions of brutal torture resonate more intensely than ever

Rebecca Frecknall pulls off this notoriously difficult 1998 play, in which appalling cruelty and violence is balanced against human yearning for love and beauty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

4.48 Psychosis review – bared anguish and delicate detail in Sarah Kane’s final play

Kane’s emotionally unswerving gifts as a writer are on full display in a 25th-anniversary production reuniting the original cast

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025

4.48 Psychosis at the Royal Court Theatre review: a hard, harsh watch illuminated by flashes of poetic clarity

3/5 Sarah Kane’s final work condenses her vision into something untouchable and implacable

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025

‘We were booed. I felt proud’: Daniel Evans on his rollercoaster journey to RSC supremo

The joint RSC boss is on unstoppable form, making a blistering return to the stage with a 4:48 Psychosis performed in the small hours – and an Edward II that will be a ‘screw you’ to his school bullies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025

Drama about hunt for Raoul Moat part of Royal Court’s new season

Other plays to feature include a production of Sarah Kane’s final work and a saga involving a British Museum artefact

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2024

‘Peter Capaldi was punched off his chair’: Fifty years of explosive theatre company Paines Plough

From locking playwrights up until a drama emerged to dreaming up Sarah Kane’s Crave in a pub; the talent behind half a century of innovation reveal their secrets

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

‘She plumbed our secret, shameful depths’: why are Sarah Kane’s plays still so shocking?

The writer, who took her life 25 years ago this month, wrote five searing dramas that took in everything from despair to love, from mutilation to cannibalism. What was it like to direct or star in them?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024