Review: POOR CLARE, Orange Tree Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - Jul 19, 2025
Poor Clare, written by Chiara Atik and directed by Blanche McIntyre, tells the story of how Clare (Arsema Thomas) is influenced by fellow Assisi resident Francis (Freddy Carter) to abandon her life of riches and become devoted to God, founding the Order of Poor Ladies as a discipline of the soon-to-be Saint Francis. The play opens with Clare getting her hair done in a complicated style by two of her servants, Peppa (Liz Kettle) and Alma (Jacoba Williams), discussing the concept of poverty and what can be done about it.
Review: LETTERS FROM MAX, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 3, 2025
Based on Sarah Ruhl’s eponymous 2018, the stage adaptation of Letters from Max is downright harrowing. It follows her correspondence with a brilliant former student of hers, Max Ritvo, whose sudden cancer recurrence in his early 20s echoes in Ruhl’s life. As the pair discuss illness and artistry, the real power of the poet comes into focus.
BokFest: A Festival of Six New Queer Plays Set For This June
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2025
Following their appointment in March as an Associate Company of The Hope Theatre, Springbok Production House is set to take over The Hope Theatre this June with BokFest — a celebration of queer voices in theatre.
Review: APEX PREDATOR, Hampstead Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Apr 1, 2025
It finally feels like the world is waking up to the epidemic of violence perpetrated by men towards women and girls, but John Donnelly’s new play has come up with a new way of countering this: vampirism! Clearly this is a supernatural ‘what if?’, but it raises some interesting questions and lays bare some unpleasant truths - in society at large, and even in the audience.
Cast and Creatives Set For SPEED at the Bush Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2025
The full cast and creative team have been announced for Speed a break-neck journey through the daily annoyances and deep-buried secrets that leave us spinning which opens at the Bush Theatre in April.