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J N Benjamin


J.N. Benjamin often has opinions about theatre, and sometimes writes about them. Talk to her @reviewsandtings on twitter.


Articles by J N Benjamin


Rachel Nwokoro: “The thing that the arts industry doesn’t do for disabled people is create space and time.”
11 September 2020
Features

Rachel Nwokoro: “The thing that the arts industry doesn’t do for disabled people is create space and time.”

By J N Benjamin

“We need to imagine the impossible”: after her nomination for a Stage Debut Award, Rachel Nwokoro talks disability and social change.


Review: Death of England at National Theatre
17 February 2020
Reviews

Review: Death of England at National Theatre

By J N Benjamin

Tangled roots: J N Benjamin writes on Roy Williams and Clint Dyer’s exploration of working class culture.


Review: Shook at Southwark Playhouse
8 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Shook at Southwark Playhouse

30 October - 23 November
By J N Benjamin

‘Political theatre at its finest’: JN Benjamin writes on Samuel Bailey’s exploration of empathy, set in a young offenders’ institution.


Review: ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys at National Theatre
7 October 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys at National Theatre

By J N Benjamin

Men of magnitude: J N Benjamin writes on Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical story of prejudice in a failing South African tea room.


Review: Appropriate at Donmar Warehouse
4 September 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Appropriate at Donmar Warehouse

By J N Benjamin

A cryptic racism: J N Benjamin writes on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ haunting story, set on a cicada-ridden plantation.


Review: Bronx Gothic at Young Vic
12 June 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Bronx Gothic at Young Vic

1-29th June 2019
By J N Benjamin

A mighty body quake: J N Benjamin writes on Okwui Okpokwasili’s pulsating experimental dance piece.


Rebekah Murrell: “It is becoming less OK to not acknowledge the greatness of Blackness”
6 June 2019
Features

Rebekah Murrell: “It is becoming less OK to not acknowledge the greatness of Blackness”

By J N Benjamin

Rebekah Murrell is directing J’Ouvert, a tale of carnival culture at Theatre503. Here, she talks unconventional career paths, ticket prices, and the renaissance in Black theatre.


Review: King Hedley II at Theatre Royal Stratford East
27 May 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: King Hedley II at Theatre Royal Stratford East

17th May - 15th June 2019
By J N Benjamin

“A snapshot of life”: J N Benjamin writes on August Wilson’s multi-faceted interrogation of Black American life in 1985 Pittsburgh.


Review: Dido at Unicorn Theatre
16 May 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Dido at Unicorn Theatre

11 May - 2 June
By J N Benjamin

‘I have never enjoyed a single opera I have ever seen’: JN Benjamin writes on English National Opera and the Unicorn’s production of Dido for young audiences.


Recasting Death of a Salesman
14 May 2019
Features • Q&A and Interviews

Recasting Death of a Salesman

By J N Benjamin

“We’re not asking the audience not to see the colour of their skin – we are specifically asking them to look at it” – Miranda Cromwell, Marianne Elliott and Wendell Pierce discuss the impact of casting black actors in Miller’s play.


Review: The Phlebotomist at Hampstead Theatre
29 March 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Phlebotomist at Hampstead Theatre

19th March - 20th April
By J N Benjamin

‘The actors flounder about in the bagginess of the space’: JN Benjamin writes on Ella Road’s dystopian play exploring the ethics of biotechnology.


Are community choruses exploitative?
25 February 2019
Features

Are community choruses exploitative?

By J N Benjamin

J N Benjamin explores the ethical issues around casting unpaid ‘community’ performers alongside professional actors.


Review: The American Clock at The Old Vic
18 February 2019
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Review: The American Clock at The Old Vic

By J N Benjamin

The roaring twenties: J N Benjamin writes on Arthur Miller’s suspenseful drama of an America in decline.


Review: Dear Elizabeth at the Gate Theatre
25 January 2019
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Review: Dear Elizabeth at the Gate Theatre

17th January - 9th February
By J N Benjamin

‘Dear Jade and Jonjo’: JN Benjamin writes a letter to the performers of Ellen McDougall and Sarah Ruhl’s experimental exploration of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell’s epistolary friendship.


Review: The Convert at Young Vic
17 December 2018
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Convert at Young Vic

7th December to 26th January
By J N Benjamin

Who runs this house? Danai Gurira’s play is a brilliant exploration of the clashes between cultural traditions and colonial influences.


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