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BWW Review: 2:22, Criterion Theatre
BWW Review: 2:22, Criterion Theatre
May 16, 2022

A new all-star cast establish a solid dynamic, but all their effort is undermined by the play's mind-boggling, twist ending.

BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, King's Head Theatre
BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, King's Head Theatre
May 9, 2022

Mark Ravenhill directs a new version of La bohème with an LGBT spin that does not do enough to engage in its themes.

BWW Review: MIDDLE, National Theatre
BWW Review: MIDDLE, National Theatre
May 5, 2022

David Eldridge thrusts the agony and the ecstasy of middle class struggles into the limelight in his new play at the National Theatre's Dorfman stage. Let's see what BWW's critic had to say...

BWW Review: THE CORN IS GREEN, National Theatre
BWW Review: THE CORN IS GREEN, National Theatre
April 23, 2022

Read our critic's review - A post-modern tint cannot save this 1938 play from feeling stuck in the past.

BWW Review: FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY, Royal Court
BWW Review: FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY, Royal Court
April 8, 2022

Deconstructing modern black masculinity, 'For Black Boys Who have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy' is a poetic meditation on the discord between expectations of black men and their reality.

BWW Review: PROJECT DICTATOR, New Diorama Theatre
BWW Review: PROJECT DICTATOR, New Diorama Theatre
April 7, 2022

A clowning cocktail of Orwell, Beckett, and Kundera, Project Dictator pokes fun at the overdone 'State of the Nation' play, instead crafting something far more unique, intelligent, and disturbing.

BWW Review: NOTHING IN A BUTTERFLY, Omnibus Theatre
BWW Review: NOTHING IN A BUTTERFLY, Omnibus Theatre
March 31, 2022

A visceral deep dive into the nature of addiction and violence, 'Nothing in a Butterfly' is one man's odyssey from the depths of the penal system to the dizzying heights of excess in Dubai.

BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF ALICE B. TOKLAS BY GERTRUDE STEIN, Jermyn Street Theatre
BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF ALICE B. TOKLAS BY GERTRUDE STEIN, Jermyn Street Theatre
March 23, 2022

The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, both written and directed by Edward Einhorn, makes its European premiere at Jermyn Street Theatre.

BWW Review: DOGS OF EUROPE, Barbican
BWW Review: DOGS OF EUROPE, Barbican
March 12, 2022

A powerful cacophony of visceral imagery, music, and poetry, Dogs of Europe paints a haunting vision of fractured identities, nations, and narratives. It is unsettling to watch because it is a future that is increasingly tangible.

BWW Review: SPLINTERED, Soho Theatre
BWW Review: SPLINTERED, Soho Theatre
February 17, 2022

Showered with awards from across runs at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, Vault Festival in 2020, Splintered promises a night of cabaret, verbatim theatre, comedy, and much more, all converging to create a kaleidoscopic exploration of the intersection between queer and Caribbean identity, but bites off more than it can chew.



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