“One happy, happy community”: Rosemary Waugh writes on the stiflling smalltown mundanities of Thornton Wilder’s play.
Rosemary Waugh
Articles by Rosemary Waugh
10 May 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Death of a Salesman at Young Vic Theatre
1st May – 13th July
By Rosemary Waugh
“There’s a definite gloss to this staging” – Rosemary Waugh writes on Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell’s West End-ready take on Arthur Miller’s story.
28 April 2019
Reviews
Review: On the High Road by Clod Ensemble
24th-25th April
By Rosemary Waugh
Clod Ensemble’s visually striking, monochrome dance piece “captures the claustrophobic oddness of a house party”.
18 April 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Three Sisters at Almeida Theatre
6 April - 1 June
By Rosemary Waugh
‘The kind of beauty that leaves you feeling a little hopeless’: Rosemary Waugh reviews Rebecca Frecknall’s production of Three Sisters.
1 April 2019
Reviews
Review: After Edward at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
March 20th - April 6th 2019
By Rosemary Waugh
Top Queers: Tom Stuart’s play joyfully brings together queer figures from across history, in a narrative sparked by Marlowe’s Edward II.
10 March 2019
Features
Simon Stone’s Medea (and Yerma)
By Rosemary Waugh
“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.
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