J N Benjamin, Author at Exeunt Magazine

16 May 2019

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.

14 May 2019

“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.

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.

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.

18 February 2019

Reviews

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.

25 January 2019

Reviews

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.

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.

3 December 2018

Features

Misty’s Understudy Run

By J N Benjamin

“The change is small but the difference is mighty” – J N Benjamin writes on how Misty was transformed in the hands of Arinzé Kene’s female understudy, Kibong Tanji.