We have already been treated to one solo tour de force this year at the Royal Court: Carey Mulligan in Girls & Boys, written by Dennis Kelly and examining masculine violence in a domestic setting.
A deserved hit, it has newly transferred to New York. Now, hailing from the other side of the Atlantic and a different realm of theatrical endeavour, comes another triumph of the monologue form, premiering here courtesy of the London International Festival of Theatre (Lift).
Where Girls & Boys is a work of fiction, Notes from the Field is the result of more than 250 interviews conducted by a doyen of the verbatim theatre form, the actress Anna Deavere Smith. Best known for playing National Security...