Caring ‘for the complexity of social interconnection’: Maddy Costa writes on Human Jam, which excavates the impact of HS2 on Camden.
Maddy Costa
Articles by Maddy Costa
10 April 2019
Features
Dialogue Theatre Club
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa writes on the community-building, conversation-starting power of Theatre Clubs, which make space for audiences to discuss the work they’ve seen.
28 March 2019
Features
Idols and Superstitions – A Conversation Between Jamal Gerald and Maddy Costa
By Maddy Costa
Eavesdrop on Jamal Gerald and Maddy Costa’s conversation about spirituality, their working relationship and his new show ‘Idol’.
31 January 2019
Features
A People’s Theatre for Brighton
By Maddy Costa
“This is a social justice issue”: Maddy Costa talks to Naomi Alexander about community and participation as she relaunches Brighton People’s Theatre.
2 October 2018
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Annie Siddons: “We need to be raging”
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa conducts an email dialogue with Annie Siddons about her new show Dennis of Penge, a triumphant narrative of addiction, recovery, and fighting the PIP system.
14 September 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: We Are Fucked at Royal Festival Hall
7 - 8 September 2018
By Maddy Costa
Penetrate the earth in the wrong way it will react. Penetrate the human body with enough daily violence and what…? Maddy Costa reviews Jo Bannon’s new work as part of Unlimited Festival.
29 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Town Hall Affair at Barbican
21—24 Jun 2018
By Maddy Costa
“Be a ladyâ€: Maddy Costa reviews the Wooster Group’s staging of when Normal Mailer met with 1970s feminists.
23 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lady Eats Apple at the Barbican
14 - 16 June 2018
By Maddy Costa
Power zaps like an electric current… Maddy Costa reviews Back to Back Theatre, as part of LIFT 2018.
8 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review:Â Creation (Pictures for Dorian) at the Southbank Centre
By Maddy Costa
Residue as runes: Maddy Costa reviews Gob Squad, as part of LIFT 2018.
22 May 2018
Features
Theatre Criticism and Circles of Power
By Maddy Costa
In the aftermath of the announcement that Lyn Gardner’s Guardian contract is coming to an end, Maddy Costa writes on theatre world hierarchies and their resistance to change.
18 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Effigies of Wickedness at Gate Theatre
3 May - 9 June 2018
By Maddy Costa
A celebration of the power of music to hold and communicate human history: Maddy Costa reviews a cabaret of songs banned by the Nazis.
15 May 2018
Reviews • Reviews
Review: Choral Cuisine at Mayfest 2018
12 May 2018
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa writes on getting exercised about theatre criticism and ideas of treating the audience as consumer, spun through a review of Choral Cuisine at Bristol’s Mayfest.
30 April 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Prudes at the Royal Court
18 April - 2 June 2018
By Maddy Costa
“Thank you for loving me.†Maddy Costa reviews Anthony Neilson’s new play, which follows a couple’s foundering sex life.
3 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Beginners at the Unicorn Theatre
20 March - 15 April 2018
By Maddy Costa
The bees are saved, and everybody listens: Maddy Costa reviews Tim Crouch’s new show for children and adults.
1 April 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Coraline at the Barbican
29 March - 7 April 2018
By Maddy Costa
A magnolia paint job: Maddy Costa reviews the Royal Opera’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s story.