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Ava Wong Davies’ Graceland takes up space without shouting

March 7, 2023

Ava Wong Davies’ Graceland at the Royal Court Theatre takes up space without shouting. Tracing a relationship from giddy love-at-first-sight through to its slow unravelling, this production, directed by Anna Hi...

Glass meets director Ola Ince – theatre’s rising star

Molly Denton

June 23, 2020

Culture, Feature

WHEN Ola Ince was little, she would organise various trips to Jamaica for herself and her cousins – off they’d hop, duvets and all, onto her bed. Her mother has always described this as her “early directing yea...

Glass reviews Road at the Royal Court, London

Heather Doughty

August 23, 2017

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

“Why’s the world so tough? It’s like walking through meat in high heels.” IT’S been 31 years since Jim Cartwright’s seminal play, Road, was first staged by Simon Curtis as a promenade production, inviti...

Front Cover. James Hillier (Steve), Adelle Leonce (Angel), Jamael Westman (Brotha), Lorna Brown (Aunty L) and Osy Ikhile (Couzin)

Glass reviews Torn at the Royal Court Theatre, London

Heather Doughty

September 23, 2016

Culture, Feature

“YOU’LL learn that how you are perceived when you walk into a room is the highest currency you have.” This message emblazons itself throughout Nathanial Martello-White’s second play, Torn on now at the Royal Co...

Glass reviews the play X at The Royal Court Theatre

Gabriella Crewe-Read

April 13, 2016

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

X IS A rare thing – a genuinely scary play. Not in a slow-drip psychological torture kind of way, but in a haunted house, ghost train, pitch black, scary music, I have just grabbed-the-hand-of-the-stranger besi...

Glass reviews Escaped Alone at the Royal Court Theatre, London

Heather Doughty

February 10, 2016

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

As the beloved Royal Court celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, what better way to kick-start the season than with an intriguing and sinister new work by Sloane Square veteran, Caryl Churchill? Aged 77, C...

Glass talks with Tom Riley to share his experiences of playing the lead role in Da Vinci Demons

Stephanie Clair

April 7, 2014

Culture, Don't Miss: Television, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature, Glass Talents

Kent-born, English actor Tom Riley spent his early years writing and directing plays before formally studying English literature and drama at the University of Birmingham. After graduating in 2002, Tom embarked...

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