“There’s a pervasive stench of exhaustion running though everything” – Rosemary Waugh writes on Simon Stone’s Medea, and why it spoke to her in a way that his Yerma didn’t.
Rosemary Waugh
Articles by Rosemary Waugh
26 February 2019
Features
ThisEgg: “We’re all just trying to keep each other going.”
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh interviews the young company behind a hit fringe show exploring trauma, clothes, and healing.
23 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Equus at Theatre Royal Stratford East
By Rosemary Waugh
Ned Bennett’s subtle and physical production brings out ‘the sticky straw and steaming shit side of horses’, as represented in Peter Shaffer’s play, writes Rosemary Waugh.
9 February 2019
Reviews
Review: A Slight Ache/The Dumb Waiter at Harold Pinter Theatre
By Rosemary Waugh
Radio dramas and foley secrets: Rosemary Waugh writes on an ingenious staging of two vintage Pinters.
1 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Cost of Living at Hampstead Theatre
24 Jan – 9 March
By Rosemary Waugh
‘Meticulous in depicting the reality of being a body dependent on another body to care for it’: Rosemary Waugh writes on Martyna Majok’s ‘painstakingly realistic’ play.
19 January 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Unreturning at Theatre Royal Stratford East
16 January - 2nd February
By Rosemary Waugh
‘Beautifully considered visual language’: Rosemary Waugh writes on Anna Jordan’s new play, which follows three soldiers returning from different wars.
16 January 2019
Features
Malaprop Theatre: “We didn’t want to make a show that would be One More Thing To Feel Shit About”
By Rosemary Waugh
Malaprop Theatre’s approach mixes big ideas with bags of quirky warmth. They talk politics, Irish theatre, and collaborative working ahead of their stint at Vault.
18 December 2018
Reviews
Review: Hansel & Gretel at Royal Opera House
By Rosemary Waugh
“Cook, stirring, until the misery has melted”: Rosemary Waugh’s review of the ROH’s opera takes the form of a very festive recipe.
16 December 2018
Reviews
Review: The Sun Line at Lilian Baylis Studio
By Rosemary Waugh
‘Fifty shades of beige’: Rosemary Waugh reviews The Meyerhold Theatre Centre’s adaptation of Ivan Vyrypaev’s play about a couple arguing themselves round in circles
26 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Dick Whittington at Lyric Hammersmith
17 Nov - 6 Jan
By Rosemary Waugh
Intrepid panto correspondent and newbie Londoner Rosemary Waugh reviews the bright lights of Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd’s pantomime
13 November 2018
Features
Jess Latowicki: “I became really interested in what the expectations are for female artists”
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh chats to Jess Latowicki, one half of Made in China, about how their new show Super Duper Close Up draws inspiration from anxiety, feminism – and skincare.
6 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mirabel at Ovalhouse
2 - 17 November 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
I won’t spoil the ending: Rosemary Waugh reviews Chris Goode’s post-apocalyptic story of a girl and her cat.
24 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Wild Duck at the Almeida
15 October - 1 December 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
The lights are up: Rosemary Waugh reviews Robert Icke’s illuminating reimagining of Ibsen’s play.
8 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Malady of Death (La Maladie de la Mort) at the Barbican
3 - 6 October 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
The waves are rolling in or moving out: Rosemary Waugh reviews Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch’s latest collaboration.
28 September 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Hamlet at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
21 September - 27 October 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Let the doors be locked: Rosemary Waugh reviews Yaël Farber’s Hamlet, starring Ruth Negga.