Tag Archives: Camden People’s Theatre

Writer/Director: Emer Mary Morris and Nina Scott Reviewer: Lucy Lambert Theatre company ‘You Should See the Other Guy’ celebrates the idea that theatre has the power to bring about social change, and creates DIY performance in response to contemporary political struggles. Their series ‘Land of the Three Towers’ was born out of their involvement in the occupation of four empty ...

Writer: Emma Packer Director: Katherine Hayes Reviewer: Maryam Philpott CTRL+ALT+DELETE writer Emma Packer believes we live in asociety based on lies; political lies designed to convince us to vote a certain way, societal lies that scapegoat minority groups for our wider failings and popular lies that keep the gossip columns full of supposed scandal. But underneath all of that, are ...

Writer: Gary Owen Director: Kim Pearce Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Although Shakespeare had quite another meaning in mind when writing his most famous sonnet, after seeing Gary Owen’s new play Love Steals Us From Loneliness, it’s hard not to interpret the half line ‘love is not love’ rather differently. Real modern love is nothing like the perfect fairy tale we’ve been ...

Writers: Anne Bartram Directors: John Mitton Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Our relationship with the Church has long fascinated us and its close association with government, wealth and power is centuries old. While on the one hand religions operate at an international level working across boundaries of nationality and culture to unite the faithful, they are also about deeply personal engagements for ...

By PAUL COUCH It’s a fantastic idea – an arena to try embryonic work in a safe environment in front of an audience. The premise is that you get 20 minutes to try out new work – some barely started, some almost complete. If the panel of judges feel that the work has potential to be developed further, they can ...

How would you describe your show in one sentence? We explore and stimulate memories of being a teenager with a new theatrical structure taken from the world of music and applied to the stage. Is this your first visit to Sprint, if so what interesting tales have you been told about what to expect? Yes, it’s our first time! We ...

How would you describe your show in one sentence? A sermon-esque experience exploring faith, truth and how far we should we go for ‘Gods Will’. Is this your first visit to Sprint, if so what interesting tales have you been told about what to expect? This is my first Sprint visit. To be honest I don’t really know what to ...

How would you describe your show in one sentence? MUVVAHOOD is a solo verbatim piece, that explores what it is to be a single mother in London today. Is this your first visit to Sprint, if so what interesting tales have you been told about what to expect? Yes, this is my first visit to Sprint. I’ve already met several ...