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To‑Do or Not to Do
As part of its 70th‑anniversary season, the Royal Court—long the leading force in championing and cultivating new playwrights—has paired Krapp’s Last Tape, one of Beckett’s most frequently performed works, starring Gary Oldman, with Godot’s To‑Do List by Leo Simpe‑Asante, winner of the inaugural 2025 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award, performed by the relatively unknown Shakeel…
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Let’s dance
We went to see this play as a family, very early on in its run, and had the fortune to follow it up with a Q&A session with the playwright herself. It was a superb experience, and the close setting of the Royal Court added to the feeling of being part of something quite unique.…
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Grief and guilt
(Spoiler alert – this is a new play, and I do write about what happens in it) This is a 95‑minute play, performed without an interval, high in emotion and very well acted. It follows a young, pregnant couple from their mid‑pregnancy scan, during which they experience the joy of feeling the baby move for…
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Not every story needs a moral
Of the 22 plays I saw last year, Player Kings and Oedipus were at the very top of the list. You can imagine how excited I was to not only see the first Robert Icke original, but at the same time to go to the Royal Court where I had never been before. With every…
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