National Theatre (3)

National Theatre: Consent

Consent at the Harold Pinter Consent is what used to be called a "problem play", an examination from various perspectives of a current hot topic. The topic in this case: consensual sex versus rape. The characters are almost all lawyers…

From Morning to Midnight, at the National

Written in 1912, Georg Kaiser's expressionist drama From Morning to Midnight has been given a bravura treatment in a new version by Dennis Kelly. I joined the queue for day seats at 8:30 on a Wednesday, and snagged two matinee…

Protest Song, at The Shed

The Shed, at the National The Occupy movement in London had its camp in the square outside St. Paul's Cathedral, a location that was already occupied by "rough sleepers", the current British term for what in North Armerica are called…