Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Shakespeare's Globe
by Clementine Scott - Jun 20, 2026
With its whitewashed walls and actors swanning around in linen suits, inevitably the Globe’s summer staging of Much Ado About Nothing will recall Kenneth Branagh’s Tuscany-set film version from 1993. That is, until they whip out the oversized animal masks.
Review: LEAVES OF GLASS, Park Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - May 16, 2023
Director Max Harrison takes the play and makes it a contemporary exploration of unaddressed trauma, gaslighting, and complicated family relations with performances that scrape excellence once they settle into themselves.
Review: SALT-WATER MOON, Finborough Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 6, 2023
David French’s semi-autobiographical award-winning Canadian classic receives its British premiere 38 years after its debut, but it appears it’s not a timeless play. Much has changed since then and, directed by Peter Kavanagh, Salt-Water Moon comes off as quite the tired shadow of a love story.
Review: THE POLTERGEIST, Arcola Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Oct 18, 2022
Philip Ridley writes an atomic bomb of a play and keeps his finger on the release button until Sasha explodes in an earth-shaking climax. Social niceties and typically British politeness masquerade a coarse, brash internal monologue whose quick quips are absolutely annihilating and, frankly, indecently amusing.
Arcola Theatre Announces Programming For its Autumn Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 16, 2022
Having celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their annual opera festival Grimeborn this summer, Arcola Theatre, led by Artistic Director, Mehmet Ergen, and Executive Producer, Leyla Nazli, have announced new programming for their forthcoming Autumn season with returning Arcola collaborators: New Earth Theatre Company, Philip Ridley, b*spoke theatre company and Frank McGuinness.
Photos: First Look at White Bear Theatre's Production of THE DWARFS
by Marissa Tomeo - May 14, 2022
Three old school friends, Mark, Pete and Len, knock about the streets, pubs and cafes of East London arguing the toss about art, life and love. The fourth member of their tight-knit group is Virginia, a young teacher. As autumn draws in, each of the friends finds their perception of one another and themselves irrevocably changed.
BWW Review: THE DWARFS, White Bear Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 14, 2022
Brilliant acted play captures the London experience at that tipping point between the pursuit of youthful follies and the assumption of adult responsibilities. Let's see what BWW's critic had to say...
Final Cast Announced For Harold Pinter's THE DWARFS at the White Bear Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 27, 2022
Three old school friends, Mark, Pete and Len, knock about the streets, pubs and cafes of East London arguing the toss about art, life and love. The fourth member of their tight-knit group is Virginia, a young teacher. As autumn draws in, each of the friends finds their perception of one another and themselves irrevocably changed.
Harry Burton Will Direct Pinter's THE DWARFS at the White Bear Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2022
Three old school friends, Mark, Pete and Len, knock about the streets, pubs and cafes of East London arguing the toss about art, life and love. The fourth member of their tight-knit group is Virginia, a young teacher. As autumn draws in, each of the friends finds their perception of one another and themselves irrevocably changed.
Philip Ridley's THE POLTERGEIST To Be Streamed For Limited Season
by Stephi Wild - Jan 18, 2021
Following the 5 star critical success of the live streaming of Philip Ridley's brand new play, The Poltergeist, during the second lockdown in November, Tramp are delighted to announce that, for a limited season only, this ground-breaking work will be available to view online via the Southwark Playhouse website, in partnership with streaming service Stream Theatre.
Tramp Presents Limited Streaming Season of THE POLTERGEIST
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2020
Following the 5 star critical success of the live streaming of Philip Ridley’s brand new play, The Poltergeist, during the second lockdown in November, Tramp have announced that, for a limited season only, this ground-breaking work will be available to view online via the Southwark Playhouse website, in partnership with streaming service Stream Theatre.
OffWestEnd Announces 100th OnComm For THE POLTERGEIST Streamed Live From Southwark Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2020
OffWestEnd has announced its 100th OnComm award to the production The Poltergeist by Philip Ridley, starring Joseph Potter and directed by Wiebke Green. Presented by Tramp and streamed live from Southwark Playhouse in November, The Poltergeist is a darkly comic new play about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.
BWW Review: THE POLTERGEIST, Southwark Playhouse
by Shane Morgan - Nov 21, 2020
Playwright Philip Ridley is known for his menace, his verbal gymnastics and the bleak lens through which he observes the world his characters inhabit. There can be no better set of tools or writer to implement them when it comes to a painfully uncomfortable family birthday that unearths childhood stories, family friends and a box of painkillers.