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Review: AN OAK TREE, Young Vic
Divisive and challenging, Tim Crouch is a one-in-a-century playwright. Whether you agree with his methods or not, his artistry is unmatched. He interrogates form and style, delivering live experiences rather than straight drama. An Oak Tree is still a pivotal piece for many. Now celebrating the 20th...
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Shakespeare's Globe
In this version of the familiar story, we are whisked away to the 1800s American West. The sparring young men are now gun-touting cowboys, the ball is a barn dance, and the soundtrack is all banjos and whistles. It’s a bold transposition of the star-crossed Verona lovers, but one that works surpri...
Review: THE KOALA WHO COULD, artsdepot
The Koala Who Could is a bestselling children’s book by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, which has been Adapted and Directed for theatre by Emma Earle. Production Company Nicholl Entertainment is known for their expertise in large-scale puppetry and the adaptation does not disappoint, with lively expr...
Review: PIMPINONE, Royal Ballet and Opera
Super show that lightens a very dark subject (corecive control), but does not diminish it...
Review: SOPHIE MCCARTNEY: ONE FOOT IN THE RAVE, Bloomsbury Theatre
Sophie McCartney: One Foot In The Rave opens with a montage of moments from McCartney’s childhood with “Forever Young” playing in the background. It’s a sweet moment that immediately transitions into rave music, setting the tone for the rest of the show as McCartney dances onto the stage to ...
Review: SHOWDOWN, Albany Theatre
It’s been seven years since the X Factor graced our screens, and at least a decade since the ITV talent show behemoth was actually culturally relevant. Nonetheless, satirical circus show Showdown demonstrates that there’s still a healthy nostalgic appetite for comedy that skewers the show’s cl...
Review: KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, Starring Stephen Rea
In this latest revival of Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican Centre, it is the silence that speaks the loudest. At times, it’s practically deafening....
Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, starring Tom Rosenthal
Satire bites even today, but a little more sympathy in the characters would strengthen its appeal...
Review: CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX, Park Theatre
Mark O’Halloran’s Irish Times Award-winning play follows a woman’s sexual escapades over the course of a year. Protected by anonymity, she and her bed guests drop their guard alongside their clothes, demanding nothing more than each other’s body. Being shrouded in mystery allows for a profou...
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Make of GIANT's Move to The West End?
Following a sell-out run at the Royal Court, the play everyone is talking about is transferring to the West End. John Lithgow reprises his role as Roald Dahl in the West End transfer of Mark Rosenblatt's critically acclaimed play. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, The Royal Court's production of Giant is...
Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS, Starring Simon Russell Beale
In a pitch-perfect production by Max Webster, the RSC nails the futility of violence which resonates with audiences today....
Review: SCENES FROM A REPATRIATION, Royal Court
A virtuoso, multi-skilled, bilingual cast pick away at issues too often comfortably swept under the carpet - by us Brits...
Review: GIANT, Starring John Lithgow
It’s 1983 and beloved author Roald Dahl is about to release The Witches. Snobbish and short-tempered, he’s currently under scrutiny for the antisemitic language he used in a book review that spoke against Israel’s murderous invasion of Lebanon. Collected in his childhood kitchen are Dahl, his ...
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Make of MY MASTER BUILDER, Starring Ewan McGregor?
On the eve of July 4th in the Hamptons, Elena Solness, a publishing magnate, is preparing to throw a party to celebrate her architect husband, Henry Solness, as he unveils his latest masterpiece. Their already vulnerable union is shattered by the unexpected arrival of Mathilde, a former student of H...
Review: TAMBO & BONES, Stratford East
Tambo and Bones are trapped in a minstrel show. Tambo and Bones have taken the world by storm with their rap music. Tambo and Bones are the leaders of the revolution. Are Tambo and Bones real? Or are they simply characters in a play? Written by Dave Harris and directed by Matthew Xia, Tambo & Bones ...
Review: NIC SAMPSON: YELLOW POWER RANGER, Soho Theatre
From its opening moments, Nic Sampson: Yellow Power Ranger has quite the fun concept - Sampson, who played the Yellow Mystic Ranger, Chip Thorn, in the fourteen season of Power Rangers, is at a fan convention, preparing for the “Cast Reunion Panel” of the Power Rangers Mystic Force team....
Review: DEALER'S CHOICE, Starring Alfie Allen
'If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.' In Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice (revived at Donmar Warehouse on its 30th anniversary), it is increasingly hard to tell who around the table isn’t a sucker....
Review: THE GIANT BALLOON SHOW, artsdepot
Enticingly watchable, Dizzy O’Dare in a solo performance for The Dynamo Show tour, who emits enough joy and warmth to fill the giant balloon during the renowned The Giant Balloon Show....
Review: MY MASTER BUILDER, Starring Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki
Michael Grandage's My Master Builder is billed as a reinvention of Ibsen's play of almost the same name through a modern, female lens. A rich story with themes of control, power, and the search for validation, featuring a host of stars of stage and screen. What could go wrong? Quite a lot as it h...
Review: DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, Southbank Centre
Swapping out ballet for circus is a bold move but maybe that’s just what the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival is all about as it sets off on a mission to present orchestral music in a new light. ...
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Former Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Longhurst swaps war for Italian football in a new, exuberant Royal Shakespeare Theatre adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. The latest in a line of theatrical fixtures – including James Graham's award-winning Dear England and Tyrell Williams' Red ...
Review: GLADIATOR IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall
It is now a rather incredible twenty five years since Ridley Scott's Gladiator came to our cinema screens, making a star of Russell Crowe and cementing the soundtrack's reputation as one of most captivating of its time. As such, it seems fitting that the Royal Albert Hall has included it in its wond...
Review: THE BRIGHTENING AIR, starring Chris O'Dowd
'A strong cast cannot lift a play that promises more than it delivers...
Review: BEN AND IMO, Orange Tree Theatre
After running at the RSC's Swan Theatre last year, Erica Whyman's quietly captivating production of Mark Ravenhill's play Ben and Imo now makes its way south to the Orange Tree Theatre....
Review: WHEN THE CLOUD CATCHES COLOURS, Barbican Theatre
One might expect a hard-hitting, intellectual look at homophobia in Singapore. This, however, is something both more profound and more tender, a look at queer attitudes towards domesticity and community through the lens of two middle-aged Singaporean lives....
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