Olive Gibbon reviews Dhyan Ruparel’s ambitious Follies, where brilliant choreography and haunting performances make ageing, regret and nostalgia painfully tangible.
Stepping off a 2026 street buzzing with political protests and into the crumbling, timeless world of Dhyan Ruparel’s Medea is a jarring, necessary collision of eras.
We already know how the bloodshed ends—the fiery, fatal conclusion is spelled out for us in projections before a single word is even spoken. Yet, Dhyan Ruparel’s devastatingly urgent new production of Medea refuses to let us look away. Reclaimed by a brilliant BME cast and creative team, this untethered, 2,456-year-old tragedy is transformed into a fiercely modern exploration of exile, immigrant guilt, and the agonizing space between fate and choice.
Zoë Green reviews the ADC Theatre’s visually striking production of The Orphan of Zhao, where atmospheric staging and committed performances bring an ancient story of loyalty and sacrifice to life.