This week, a major Brian Friel revival opens at the National Theatre, a popular novel gets the stage treatment at the Almeida and a new jukebox musical opens in the West End. Dancing at Lughnasa – National Theatre ★★★☆☆ With an impressive cast of Irish talent – including not one, but two Derry Girls stars – Josie Rourke’s revival of …
It is not unusual to lose oneself in a particularly intriguing story, the kind where fictional characters become more familiar than one’s own reality. In an attempt to simulate an escape from reality by means of a story, theatre director Richard Crawford of New York-based Secret Theatre, has created an immersive theatre experience called Redemption Room, where participants get to …
