Plays About War Archives

Keenia Devriendt as Nadya and Jack Bandeira as Sashko. (Photo: Helen Murray)

REVIEW: Donbas, Theatre 503 (2026)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:12 February 2026
Post category:Off West End Play Review

Living and Dying in a War Zone “But the Cossacks used to say, “a good dying is when you don’t run.” You meet it head on. They believe that if…

Pippa Bennett-Warner as Sophie and Kehinde Fadipe as Josephine (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

REVIEW: Ruined, Almeida Theatre (2010)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:28 April 2010
Post category:Black History Off West End Play Review
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Lynn Nottage's play Ruined about the Congolese women who are caught up in the warfare is a not to be missed theatrical experience. It is both disturbing and violent as we learn about their existence. The word harrowing is overused but Lynn Nottage's play describes the inhumanity towards the families and bystanders in a war zone.