MYSTERIOUS: Mei mac - What They Never Told You

Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith review: Umi Myers is magnetic in this clever feminist take on the classic

4/5 There are plenty of scary moments in this reworking that asks whether vampires or the patriarchy are the real monsters

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Dracula review – Mina Harker bites back but drama is deadened by tricksy retelling

A fixation on how to frame Bram Stoker’s story disrupts the flow of this feminist reboot, killing the fear factor

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

Dracula rises again: Umi Myers on a new show with its teeth on the pulse

A new production of Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith tells the classic horror through a female perspective and aims to cleverly explore contemporary fears while scaring the old school pants off you

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

Manchester international festival theatre roundup – carnival, canals and the Milky Way

The rigidity of othering is blown away, along with Asian stereotypes. Plus, a mixed reality celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto and a walk on the mild side

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play review – ferociously funny satire calls out centuries of colonialist dramas

Kimber Lee’s punky polemic circles through pastiches of Madama Butterfly, South Pacific and M*A*S*H, dissecting years of racist, imperialist and misogynistic tropes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa spotted filming in Cardiff less than 24 hours after King Charles III's Coronation Concert

New Time Lord Ncuti performed in Romeo and Juliet at the Coronation Concert alongside The Royal Shakespeare Company's Mei Mac

Wales Online · May 9, 2023

'Totoro' play boosts East Asian visibility on British stage

LONDON: Actors of East and Southeast Asian heritage have long remained in the shadows of British performing arts, competing for stereotypical or often token roles with few opportunities to grab the limelight.

Bangkok Post · Nov 13, 2022

The week in theatre: My Neighbour Totoro; Local Hero – review

A beloved Studio Ghibli anime is brought to magical life in Phelim McDermott’s new RSC production, while the 1983 film Local Hero finds fresh resonance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022

The Week on Stage: From My Neighbour Totoro to Marvellous

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican review: it’s easier to admire this Studio Ghibli adaptation than love it

This show transposes the off-key weirdness of the original, but the story could use more jeopardy, darkness and more of the monsters

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2022