Arcola Theatre - East End Review

A Fine Idea review - the ambition is admirable; the basement, less forgiving

Christine Bacon's expansive new play at the Arcola, drawn from Jason Hickel's The Divide, takes aim at 80 years of 'international development' — and is very nearly saved by a strong cast from a script that wants to do everything at once

Author: Gabriel Wilding

A production still from A Fine Idea. Grace is wearing a bandana and smiling to someone off camera

'Tragedy proves to be eternal': Iphigenia, Arcola review

Serdar Biliş reframes the Greek classic through EarPods, satin, and silver. With a seasoned cast and raw, real-world interviews, the Arcola’s Iphigenia successfully bridges the gap between past and present.

Author: Gabriel Wilding

'When it travels upwards, the heartstrings are tugged' - Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise review

West End heavyweight brings his most personal work to the Arcola

Author: Gabriel Wilding

'When it travels upwards, the heartstrings are tugged' - Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise review

How Charlie Josephine fell in love with boxing and shone a light on Olympic history

‘Bitch Boxer’ is currently taking the Arcola by storm, and while the story is fictional, it is grounded in a very real history

Author: Gabriel Wilding

How Charlie Josephine fell in love with boxing and shone a light on Olympic history

'Going to the club and bumping into people who've seen your show is crazy' — the young director behind the Arcola's 'Bitch Boxer'

Prime Isaac is only 26, but is already making a mark on London’s theatrical scene

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'Going to the club and bumping into people who've seen your show is crazy' — the young director behind the Arcola's 'Bitch Boxer'

Petty Men at the Arcola Theatre: Shakespeare - kind of - but not as you know it

Buzz Studio's reimagining of 'Julius Caesar' isn't your average Shakespeare remake

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Petty Men at the Arcola Theatre: Shakespeare - kind of - but not as you know it

Human rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’

The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war to address a ‘black hole in history’

Author: East End Review

Human rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’

Grimeborn Festival, Arcola, review: ‘excellent programme of rarities and standards’

Opera gets back to its experimental roots at the Arcola’s annual festival

Author: East End Review

Grimeborn Festival, Arcola, review: ‘excellent programme of rarities and standards’

Grimeborn returns for tenth anniversary at the Arcola

Opera festival presents sixteen new pieces of music theatre including new works and reinvigorated classics

Author: East End Review

Play set in ‘shipping container’ highlights plight of child refugees

Arcola production enacts a border-crossing using a replica of the type of container used to escape conflict in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan

Author: East End Review

Kenny Morgan, Arcola theatre, review: ‘a worthy tribute’

Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s secret lover does a stellar job of conveying the post-war prejudice and emotional reticence of 1940s Britain

Author: East End Review

Sheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show

Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage

Author: East End Review

The Sheer Height company on-stage. Photograph: Thomas Scurr.