Written for Time Out Sam Hallam has spent the last seven a years in prison serving life for murder he (backed by a number of witnesses) claims he didn’t commit. ‘Someone to Blame’ is the newest facet of his family’s campaign as they battle against this alleged miscarriage of justice. Tess Berry-Hart has trawled through [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Verbatim theatre’
Review: Someone To Blame
Posted in Reviews, tagged David Mercatali, Robin Crouch, Sam Hallam, Tess Berry-Hart, The King's Head, Verbatim theatre on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
London Road
Posted in Reviews, tagged Adam Cork, Alecky Blythe, Ipswich, London Road, Recorded Delivery, Rufus Norris, The National Theatre, Verbatim theatre on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written for http://exeuntmagazine.com/ London Road is something of a surprise. The idea of a piece of musical verbatim theatre based around the murders in 2006 of five sex workers in Ipswich sounds like pure madness. In musicals all the characters know the lyrics and the dance-steps through a weird Borg-like symbiosis; how could such a fantastical [...]
This much is true and I’m not pulling any punches.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jean Charles de Menezes, Peter Unwin, Sarah Beck, Theatre 503, This Much Is True, Verbatim theatre on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sally Stott has written an interesting and seemingly controversial blog asking the question already buzzing around my own head since seeing This Much Is True. The Theatre 503 show is the newest play to deal with the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. Sally posits the idea that, in the light of the two productions [...]
The Only Way Is Essex & Alecky Blythe, where will scripted reality take us next?
Posted in Comment, tagged Alecky Blythe, BAFTA, London Road, Made In Chelsea, Recorded Delivery, The Only Way Is Essex, Verbatim theatre on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When The Only Way Is Essex won the YouTube Audience Award at the BAFTAs earlier this year there were snobby grumblings from the artistic establishment. But there’s more to TOWIE, and shows like it, than people first think. On closer inspection it’s clear they are forging into the same ground as one of the current [...]
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