Review: MACHINAL, The Old Vic
by Gary Naylor - April 19, 2024
Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features...
Review: SOPHIE'S SURPRISE 29TH, Underbelly Boulevard
by Franco Milazzo - April 18, 2024
As any fan of this art form will tell you, the first rule of cabaret shows is: never sit in the front row. The second rule is: never tell cabaret virgins the first rule....
Review: KISS MARRY KILL, Stone Nest
by Cindy Marcolina - April 19, 2024
Dante or Die are back with another site-specific venture. Burrowed underneath the cold dome of Stone Nest, Kiss Marry Kill feels right at home within the harsh and unholy environment of the venue. Set in a prison against the backdrop of violence, it reframes homophobia and imagines the first same-se...
Review: LONDON TIDE, National Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - April 18, 2024
Aesthetically malnourished, London Tide lacks the lustrous life blood that so warmly floods through the veins of Dickens’s literary world....
Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 19, 2024
As delicate and fragile as one of the glass creatures that are collected, Tennesse Williams' beguiling story of memory, The Glass Menagerie combines themes of hope, rejection, disappointment and profound sadness....
Review: DANCE ON ENSEMBLE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - April 18, 2024
“When are we old? How can experience and embodied knowledge be brought into creative play? And what is the role of dance in questioning the idealisation of youth in our culture?”
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Review: DIVERSITY: SUPERNOVA, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
by Laura Lott - April 17, 2024
It's hard to imagine what more an audience could possibly want from a dance show than what Diversity provide in their current tour Supernova. There are stunning, tightly choreographed dance routines, impressive production values, up-to-the-minute technology, music loud enough to reverberate through ...