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Mayer Wakefield
(L to R) Arian Nik as Samir, Shazia Nicholls as Faiza) Sabrina Sandhu as Harleen
Culture / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
AWKWARD HOMOGENISING OF RCIAL GROUPS: Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Theatre Review / 3 March 2025
3 March 2025
MAYER WAKEFIELD wonders why this 1978 drama merits a revival despite demonstrating that the underlying theme of racism in the UK remains relevant
(L) Playwright Richard Bean; (R) John Hollingworth as Donald
Interview / 5 November 2024
5 November 2024
MAYER WAKEFIELD speaks to playwright Richard Bean about his new play Reykjavik that depicts the exploitation of the Hull-based “far-fleet” trawlermen
IS THERE AN IMPERIALIST IN THE ROOM? Davinia Hamilton in Bla
Theatre Review / 5 May 2023
5 May 2023
MAYER WAKEFIELD finds himself caught in the crossfire during a riveting piece of activist theatre
Front: Tarrick Benham as Osman. Back (L-R) Nezar Alderazi as
Theatre Review / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
MAYER WAKEFIELD falls in love with a deft and hilarious portrait of Cairo after the Arab Spring
SCANDALOUS: Sean Delaney in Brilliant Jerks at Southwark Pla
Theatre Review / 8 March 2023
8 March 2023
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds the revival of an eerily prophetic drama
Sabrina Wu as Nina
Theatre Review / 21 February 2023
21 February 2023
MAYER WAKEFIELD witnesses a perceptive take on how class, wealth and power manifest themselves in contemporary relationships
'When will it end?'
Theatre Review / 14 November 2022
14 November 2022
An insightful exploration of an unexplored world of rap and its many contradictions impresses MAYER WAKEFIELD
(L to R) Samira Wiley as Angel, Ronkẹ Adekoluejo as Delia,
Theatre Review / 11 October 2022
11 October 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a timely revival of Pearl Cleage’s 1995 drama
SUPERB CHARACTERISATIONS: Ashna Rabheru (Leila) and Avita Ja
Theatre Review / 17 July 2022
17 July 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a powerful drama from Clean Break who specialise in work concerning women’s experience of the criminal justice system
KEEPING THE AUDIENCE HOOKED: The Company
Theatre Review / 20 June 2022
20 June 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a 1970s US theatre classic that has lost none of its relevance
Barbara Flynn and Robin Soanes as Grandad Bert
Theatre Review / 26 May 2022
26 May 2022
The play’s quaintness makes it an odd choice for innovative theatre, writes MAYER WAKEFIELD
Maggie (Claire Rushbrook) and Gary (Daniel Ryan)
Theatre Review / 17 May 2022
17 May 2022
A classic domestic drama that encompasses the great British elephant in the room - class, writes MAYER WAKEFIELD
(L to R) William Robinson as and Corey Montague-Sholay as Ma
Theatre Review / 9 March 2022
9 March 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a show which finds the pulse of modern Britain in alarming fashion
(L-R) Fode Simbo as Kayode, Selina Jones as Itan
Theatre Review / 20 February 2022
20 February 2022
POLAR OPPOSITES: Safiyya Ingar and Anoushka Chadha
Theatre Review / 14 February 2022
14 February 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a play which asks who is allowed to be radical and what does radicalisation really mean in a world overflowing with injustice?
(L to R) Rez Kabir, Ramzi DeHani and Issa Amro
Theatre Review / 3 February 2022
3 February 2022
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a captivating 45 minutes which deliver some hammer blows when much of mainstream theatre continues to turn the other cheek
BEST EFFORT: Simon Bird as Freud and Séan Browne as Lewis
Culture / 31 January 2022
31 January 2022
Hattie Ladbury as Duke and Ashley Zhangazha as Angelo
Theatre Review / 15 December 2021
15 December 2021
An ideal balance between comedy and gravity in riveting Shakespeare reinvention, suggests MAYER WAKEFIELD
TOFFING IT OUT: Joe Gill as Keith Rae and Nikolas Salmon as
Theatre Review / 24 October 2021
24 October 2021
Never too far from a farce this ideological enmity gets a serious meaning on the WWI battlefields of Flanders, writes MAYER WAKEFIELD
THEATRE / 27 June 2021
27 June 2021
The Notting Hill Carnival's been cancelled but the exhilarating J'Ouvert is a pretty good alternative
DYNAMIC DUO: Athena Stevens (left) and Leigh Quinn
Online Theatre / 3 August 2020
3 August 2020
Stereotypes sharply challenged in dramatisation of fight against injustice by activist with a disability
PUT UPON: Alix Dunmore (Jane)
ONLINE THEATRE / 14 June 2020
14 June 2020
Predictable drama with feminist intimations gets classy revival
FILM ONLINE / 2 June 2020
2 June 2020
Engaging South-Asian response to the pandemic