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Cindy Marcolina

Italian export. Member of the Critics' Circle (Drama). Also a script reader and huge supporter of new work. Twitter: @Cindy_Marcolina






BWW Review: LETTING GO, Hen And Chickens Theatre
BWW Review: LETTING GO, Hen And Chickens Theatre
August 16, 2019

A woman's interest with a cheating couple she sees on her train almost on a daily basis takes a drastic turn when her involvement exposes her brutal childhood and aversion to doing good. Little by little, The Woman (Zoe Cunningham) is revealed to be a cold-blooded sociopath with an obsession with social media and her audience become the enablers of her actions.

BWW Review: SH*T HAPPENS, Camden People's Theatre
BWW Review: SH*T HAPPENS, Camden People's Theatre
August 16, 2019

At the age of 21, Patrycja Dynowska is diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. She details her struggles with coping with such a crippling and humiliating - yet entirely invisible - illness in Sh*t Happens, her self-penned solo show.

BWW Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Southwark Playhouse
BWW Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Southwark Playhouse
August 15, 2019

One night, the archipelago of the Antilles is shaken by a terrifying storm. To distract a little girl from the wind and rain, people from the village get together to tell her the story of Ti Moune, a peasant orphan who falls in love with a young a?oegrand hommea?? (one of the light-skinned descendants of the original French planters and their slaves) who lives on the other side of the island.

BWW Review: THE GEMINUS, Tristan Bates Theatre
BWW Review: THE GEMINUS, Tristan Bates Theatre
August 14, 2019

Ross Dinwiddy adapts Joseph Conrad's 1909 novella The Secret Sharer for the theatre and takes it to London after acclaimed runs in Brighton. The original text saw the unnamed Captain of a ship (renamed George Hotson in the play and played by John Black) takes the decision to conceal Leggatt (Gareth Wildig), a man accused of the murder of a crew member on another ship.

BWW Review: VIRTUALLY REALITY, The Taproom
BWW Review: VIRTUALLY REALITY, The Taproom
August 14, 2019

It is an obvious statement that each and every person on Earth lives life differently. The clear diverse range of perception has kick-started a series of studies that have gone on to tackle how the human psyche reacts to shapes, among other things, and to attempt to explain the unease perceived by the brain when confronted with human-like figures (think androids and automatons but mannequins as well).

BWW Review: THE PARLIAMENT, Cecil Sharp House
BWW Review: THE PARLIAMENT, Cecil Sharp House
August 13, 2019

Devon (Fraser Brown), Moira (Roshi Cowen), Jasper (Harry Higginson), and Fenn (Nina Fidderman) used to spend their summers at the farmhouse owned by Goliath. After learning that the man has passed, they reunite in the beloved place. Their summer idylls start to look different as they learn that nobody is who they thought them to be and those who seemed to be so close have grown distant and resentful.

BWW Review: G(L)ORY, Hen And Chickens Theatre
BWW Review: G(L)ORY, Hen And Chickens Theatre
August 12, 2019

Bobby - like any streaming website subscriber - has been lured into a world of true crime. He's watched countless documentaries, series, and films about sick minds and sadistic individuals, like millions of other people.

BWW Review: 909, The Monkey House
BWW Review: 909, The Monkey House
August 12, 2019

Reverend Jim Jones and his disciples made the headlines in 1978 when he ordered his congregation to ingest a drink laced with cyanide, leading to what was considered the greatest loss of civilian life in a deliberate act before the 11th of September 2001.

BWW Review: TRACING ERASED MEMORIES, Central London
BWW Review: TRACING ERASED MEMORIES, Central London
August 12, 2019

London, 2010: students flood the streets in protest of the recent cuts to education funding and are kettled in Whitehall. Cairo, 2011: the political climate leads Egypt to rise and rebel against the current government. London, 2019: Dina Mohamed and Hilda Moucharrafieh debut at Camden Fringe with Tracing Erased Memories: A Parallel Walk of London and Cairo after being the recipients of the International Bursary Award at Amsterdam Fringe Festival last year.

BWW Review: IN MEMORIAM, The Chapel Playhouse
BWW Review: IN MEMORIAM, The Chapel Playhouse
August 11, 2019

In Memoriam seeks out to explore how social media has become a tool that hangs above the heads of users like a sword of Damocles. It's only when Doll moves in with her friends Dex and Mel that those around her notice how dependant from Memoriam (a new sharing platform that allows people to download and enjoy uploaders' memories) she's become. They decide to stage an intervention to help her.

BWW Review: WHITE NURSE, The Lion And Unicorn Theatre
BWW Review: WHITE NURSE, The Lion And Unicorn Theatre
August 11, 2019

LARC is a rehabilitation centre that specialise in making people fall out of love with their partners. Layla checks herself in after being subjected to her boyfriend Joe's regular physical and psychological abuse. She revisits her memories and focuses on trying to overcome her feelings in a brief play by Abby Coppard.

BWW Review: [TITLE OF SHOW], Moors Bar Theatre
BWW Review: [TITLE OF SHOW], Moors Bar Theatre
August 11, 2019

Two guys write a musical about two guys writing a musical. That's the plot of Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's 2004 project [title of show]. Written as an entry to the first edition of the New York Musical Festival, it went on to conquer audiences first Off-Broadway, then on Broadway, and then all around the US and the world.

BWW Review: FRUITS OR, THE DECLINE OF A DISTANT MEMORY, RADA Studios
BWW Review: FRUITS OR, THE DECLINE OF A DISTANT MEMORY, RADA Studios
August 10, 2019

It's hard to say what FRUITS or, The Decline of a Distant Memory is about. It's certainly not about literal fruit but it is about a decay of some sort. The Collective describe themselves as an 'international experimental performance group' on Twitter, and one can clearly see why. The piece is, essentially, a pretentious but brazen absurdist play on the decadence of society.

BWW Review: I KNOW IT WAS THE BLOOD, London Irish Centre
BWW Review: I KNOW IT WAS THE BLOOD, London Irish Centre
August 9, 2019

Tara Lake introduces her family to Camden Fringe after a critically acclaimed US tour. I Know It Was The Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman recounts her growing up in Jersey in the 80s and 90s. Southern roots, bizarre reunions, and lots of music all have a place of honour in the monologue.

BWW Review: VALHALLA, The Monkey House
BWW Review: VALHALLA, The Monkey House
August 8, 2019

Fourth Monkey's Two Year Rep programme students take over the entirety of The Monkey House directed by Rich Rusk and create a world dominated by Norse Mythology. Loki becomes the master of ceremonies in this site specific piece, introducing Odin, giant spiders, fortune tellers, and an army of Valkyrie to enthrall the audience with a poignant reflection.

BWW Review: ANITA LUNA: THE DIVA, Hen And Chickens Theatre
BWW Review: ANITA LUNA: THE DIVA, Hen And Chickens Theatre
August 8, 2019

Anita Luna is not merely a diva, she's The Diva. She takes a look at her life-story, sharing it through physical comedy and cabaret aiming to find bittersweet humour in the tragedy. Anita Giovannini is the star. Hailing from Italy and narrating the tomboy roots of her characters, her journey is nostalgic in its nature.

BWW Review: THE PARTY, The Cockpit
BWW Review: THE PARTY, The Cockpit
August 7, 2019

After President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be elected to be a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, Doctor Christine Blasey Ford accused him of a sexual assault happened at a house party 36 years prior when they were both in high school. Kavanaugh went on to call the indictment a political hit to prevent his ascent and denied all the allegations. A televised hearing followed and more stepped out to testify against him.

BWW Review: THE INDECENT MUSINGS OF MISS DONCASTER 2007, Camden People's Theatre
BWW Review: THE INDECENT MUSINGS OF MISS DONCASTER 2007, Camden People's Theatre
August 7, 2019

Miss Donny's life hasn't been the same since she's been crowned Miss Doncaster in 2007. It hasn't exactly planned out the way she thought and now she's stuck in a mundane job, which keeps her occupied after her wild nights.

BWW Review: GRIEF ENCOUNTER, Moors Bar Theatre
BWW Review: GRIEF ENCOUNTER, Moors Bar Theatre
August 6, 2019

Two friends get together and discuss their relationship with death. From saying goodbye to the older people in their lives to being faced with the loss of a close friend gone too soon, mourning is a universal experience.

BWW Review: RED PETER, Etcetera Theatre
BWW Review: RED PETER, Etcetera Theatre
August 5, 2019

In 1917 Franz Kafka wrote a short story titled A Report to an Academy. In the piece, he introduces an ape called Red Peter who, in order to escape captivity has forced himself to behave like a human.



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