Theatre as controlled demolition: Christopher Rüping’s dissection of Brecht is thrilling, smart and savage.
Lee Anderson

Articles by Lee Anderson
10 May 2018
Reviews • Germany
Review: Women in Trouble at Volksbühne
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson reviews “cyborg theatre” by Susanne Kennedy
10 May 2018
Reviews • Germany
Review: Rückkehr nach Reims at Theatertreffen 2018
By Lee Anderson
Behind-the-scenes: Lee Anderson reviews Thomas Ostermeier’s staging of Didier Eribon’s novel.
9 May 2018
Reviews
Review: Faust at Theatertreffen 2018
1 - 8 May 2018
By Lee Anderson
Drink every time… Lee Anderson reviews the Volksbuhne’s 7-hour marathon of Goethe
28 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Moormaid at the Arcola
18 April – 19 May 2018
By Lee Anderson
From death to rebirth: Lee Anderson reviews Marion Bott’s new play about modern life in Berlin. [CW: Suicide]
26 February 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock at the Barbican
21 - 24 February 2018
By Lee Anderson
Vanishing acts: Lee Anderson reviews the stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s cult novel
13 November 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Am I Dead Yet? at the Soho Theatre
7 - 18 November 2017
By Lee Anderson
Gallows humour: Lee Anderson reviews Chris Thorpe & Jon Spooner’s show about shuffling off the mortal coil.
6 October 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: B at the Royal Court
September 28 - October 21
By Lee Anderson
“Bloodless, utopian activism clashes with brutal, revolutionary violence”: Lee Anderson on Chilean writer Guillermo Calderón’s new play about conflicting radical ideologies.
6 June 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Killology at the Royal Court
25th May - 24th June 2017
By Lee Anderson
The absence of love: Lee Anderson reviews Gary Owen’s new play at the Royal Court.
1 June 2017
Features • Festivals • Germany • International • Reviews
Theatertreffen: A dialogue
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson and Annegret Märten discover metatheatrics, total theatre and a fug of Ostalgie at Berlin’s fortnight-long festival of German theatre.
12 May 2017
Reviews • Germany
Review: Real Magic at Theatertreffen 2017
9 - 11 May 2017
By Lee Anderson
Rinse, repeat, ad infinitum: Lee Anderson review Forced Entertainment’s performance at Theatertreffen 2017.
8 May 2017
Reviews • Germany
Review: Drei Schwestern at Theatertreffen 2017
6 - 21 May 2017
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson finds that Simon Stone’s new version of Three Sisters reduces the women of Chekhov’s original to “bit players in their own drama”.
30 January 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Escaped Alone at the Royal Court
Royal Court, Jerwood Downstairs ⋄ 21 Jan - 11 Feb 2017
By Lee Anderson
Locates the absurd within a terrible bleakness: Lee Anderson reviews the return of Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone to the Royal Court.
23 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Blue/Orange at Young Vic
Young Vic ⋄ 12th May - 2nd July 2016
By Lee Anderson
“Borders blur and meaning’s shift” in Matthew Xia’s production of Blue/Orange.
30 November 2015
Features
Barrel Organ: “The space to be better”
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson visits the company behind Fringe hit Some People Talk About Violence as they prepare for their takeover weekend at Camden People’s Theatre.