We all knew: Maddy Costa on a complex exploration of the refugee crisis.
Maddy Costa
Articles by Maddy Costa
29 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Roller at the Barbican
23 November - 2 December 2017
By Maddy Costa
Evolving or revolving: Maddy Costa reviews Rachel Mars and nat tarrab’s new roller derby inspired work.
20 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Suppliant Women at the Young Vic
17 - 25 November 2017
By Maddy Costa
What must women do to survive? Maddy Costa reviews the London premiere of David Greig’s new version of Aeschylus.
3 November 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Suzy Storck at the Gate Theatre
26 October – 18 November 2017
By Maddy Costa
I want to tell her the baby does stop crying, eventually: Maddy Costa reviews the UK premiere of Magali Mougel’s play about motherhood.
27 October 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Of Kith and Kin at the Bush Theatre
Until 25 November 2017
By Maddy Costa
Me, Also Me, Placatory Me, Non-Judgemental Me and Impatient Me: Maddy Costa on Chris Thompson’s new play about surrogacy.
11 October 2017
Reviews • Hull
Review: Flood at Victoria Dock, Hull
Throughout 2017
By Maddy Costa
Work that wants to change people: Maddy Costa reviews Slung Low’s Flood Parts 1 – 4.
25 July 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Nina – A Story About Me and Nina Simone at the Young Vic
22 June - 29 July 2017
By Maddy Costa
A question of responsibility: Maddy Costa reviews Josette Bushell-Mingo performing at the Young Vic.
10 July 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: KlangHaus: 800 Breaths at the Southbank Centre
11 - 23 July 2017
By Maddy Costa
Inspired by Klanghaus’s 800 Breaths, Maddy Costa embarks on a lyrical exploration of music in theatre.
22 June 2017
Features
Art with Heart
By Maddy Costa
How can theatre accommodate neurodiversity? Maddy Costa explores how Art with Heart’s touring show ‘Declaration’ remagines relationships between artist, venue and audience.
5 May 2017
Reviews • Opera • Reviews
Review: The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera House
April 24 - May 8
By Maddy Costa
An experience of great satisfaction: Maddy Costa reviews Thomas Adès opera adaptation of Luis Buñuel’s 1962 surrealist film.
3 April 2017
Features
Le Gateau Chocolat: “I’m always in some kind of exhausting drag.”
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa talks to alternative cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat about puncturing drag stereotypes, making work about depression, and surviving in a world where “We have to keep fighting for the things and the values that we hold dear.”
24 February 2017
Reviews • Reviews
Review: See Me Now at the Young Vic and The Space Between Us at the Manchester Royal Exchange
By Maddy Costa
Not only how the world is, but how it might be: Maddy Costa reviews See Me Now and The Space Between Us.
11 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Out at IBT17 in Bristol
Wardrobe Theatre ⋄ 9 - 10 February 2017
By Maddy Costa
A portrait of two bodies resisting: Maddy Costa reviews Rachael Young and Dwayne Antony’s performance at IBT17.
9 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Ghost Dance at IBT17 in Bristol
Arnolfini ⋄ 8 Feb 2017
By Maddy Costa
Two men are dancing: Maddy Costa reviews Lone Twin’s durational performance at Bristol’s In Between Time festival.
6 February 2017
Features
Busty Beatz: “I’m responding to capitalism, patriarchy, elitism.”
By Maddy Costa
Busty Beatz, MD of Hot Brown Honey, is on residency at Wellcome Collection as part of The Sick Of The Fringe. She talks to Maddy Costa about making the personal political, and confronting Wellcome’s colonialism.