Verity Healey, Author at Exeunt Magazine

15 December 2019

Review: A Kind of People at Royal Court Theatre

By Verity Healey

From axis to axis: Verity Healey writes on the shifting social ties and inequalities of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.

3 November 2019

Review: When The Crows Visit at Kiln Theatre

28th October - 30th November

By Verity Healey

Toxic legacies: Verity Healey writes on cycles of gendered violence in Anupama Chandrasekhar’s reimagining of Ibsen’s Ghosts.

19 September 2019

Review: Faith, Hope & Charity at the National Theatre

By Verity Healey

People watching: Verity Healey writes on Alexander Zeldin’s compelling study of a community centre.

22 February 2019

Review: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Young Vic

By Verity Healey

‘Who has the freedom to force choices onto whom and why?’: Kate Hewitt’s new take on Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play questions the possibility of free will within the penal system, writes Verity Healey.

1 February 2019

Review: The Orchestra at Omnibus Theatre

29 January - 17 February

By Verity Healey

‘Sharp and witty’: Verity Healey reviews Kristine Landon-Smith’s production of Anouilh’s farce about a struggling orchestra in post-war France.

16 December 2018

Review: One Jewish Boy at the Old Red Lion Theatre

11th December - 5th January

By Verity Healey

Verity Healey writes on Stephen Laughton’s new play, which explores the impact of an antisemitic attack on a relationship.

10 October 2018

Milo Rau’s Theatre of Cooperation and Openness

By Verity Healey

Swiss theatre director Milo Rau’s working methods let members of the public into the rehearsal room. Here, he tells Verity Healey why “community theatre IS theatre”.

15 September 2018

Review: An Adventure at Bush Theatre

Until 20 October 2018

By Verity Healey

Youth and age, past and future: Verity Healey reviews Vinay Patel’s new play about an Indian couple and their route to London via Kenya.

13 April 2017

How verbatim work is bringing protests into theatres

By Verity Healey

“Shouldnâ€™t more plays be activist?” Verity Healey explores how shows including E15, My Country and Denmarked intersect with real-life protest movements.

14 November 2016

Review: An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre

Playhouse Theatre ⋄ Until 4th February 2017

By Verity Healey

Interrupting the cycle: Verity Healey reviews Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls.

10 October 2016

Riotous Company: â€œThe industry is different in Britain, everyone is looking for the next thing that will push their careerâ€

Verity Healey interviews the members of Riotous Company about their working methods, what makes British theatre different from the European mainstream, and their new performance, Scherzo for Piano and Stick.

29 August 2016

Features

Burning Doors

By Verity Healey

Belarus Free Theatre’s newest performance Burning Doors tells the stories of three dissident artists, and stars Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina. Verity Healey joined them in the rehearsal room to explore their incendiary creative process.