Blood of My Blood review – gripping ghost story is a reckoning with slavery A Black British woman traces her family’s enslaved past in Joy Nesbitt’s supernaturally charged play The Guardian - UK · Oct 10
Blood of My Blood: Challenging debut play about the legacy of slavery 4/5 At Royal Court, an excellent cast get their teeth into Joy Nesbitt’s timezone-hopping debut play Evening Standard · Oct 9
11 questions I have about the Hawkins Tiger Troupe production of ‘Oklahoma!’ on ‘Stranger Things’ The parents of all of the Netflix series' main characters used to be in drama club together... and I have thoughts! The Mary Sue · Nov 30, 2025
Stranger Things star Patrick Vaill praises London's 'daring' theatre audiences The actor was speaking ahead of the West End premiere of the stage show Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023
From the Upside Down, it's Patrick Vaill on Stranger Things - The First Shadow: The Standard Theatre Podcast Also: reviews of The House of Bernarda Alba at the National Theatre and the Orange Tree's She Stoops to Conquer Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2023
‘God, I really need a pint after that’: actors on the toll of dying on stage night after night What’s it like to expire every evening, often in devastating, drawn-out scenes? Nathan Lane, Josette Simon and more talk about how playing death messes with their minds – and describe the ‘de-role’ rituals that bring them back The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023
Oklahoma! at the Wyndham’s Theatre review: remains a rip-snorting, foot-stamping triumph This reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical is utterly thrilling Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023
Oklahoma! review – an invigorating take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic This modern, sexy and unsettling show injects thrills into a familiar musical, making it feel newly minted The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022
Daniel Fish on his dark new Oklahoma!: ‘We’re trying to deal with violence, injustice, and community’ The New York theatre director and actors Arthur Darvill, Anoushka Lucas and Patrick Vaill talk to Sarah Crompton about turning the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic into the most challenging version ever, and finding the truth of it in this moment for the London stage The Independent UK · May 5, 2022
Oh what a gun-totin’ morning: raw Oklahoma! swaps folksiness for firearms Daniel Fish’s restaging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is no Kansas City cornbread caper. The director explains why he ratcheted up the racial tension and gun violence The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022