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Review: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, Soho Theatre London
The set for This Is Not About Me initially resembles the bottom of a particularly untidy knitting drawer: strewn with red thread and abandoned crochet projects. The stage is thus set for a show all about unearthing our deepest memories, and making those memories into art....
Review: IPHIGENIA, Arcola Theatre
Beautifully conceived and (largely) well executed production that provides much food for thought in our troubled times...
Review: HEART WALL, Bush Theatre
Kit Withington writes a lightweight exegesis of grief, briefly touching upon what it means to grow up and leave home. Technically speaking, there’s nothing wrong with Heart Wall. It’s just a tad too sprawling and prosaic. Withington makes a few good points in her reflection, and Katie Greenall t...
Review: SALOME, York Hall
Mark Ravenhill takes over a legendary boxing venue for a show that packs plenty of punch...
Review: MIDGITTE BARDOT: SHOOTING FROM BELOW, Southbank Centre
As the name suggests, Midgitte Bardot is physically short albeit not short on ideas, impact, or charisma. And not just short but, at just 129cm, the shortest drag performer in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records....
Review: MY UNCLE IS NOT PABLO ESCOBAR, Brixton House
Silly plot saved by wonderful performances and real joy at the prospect of being seen at last...
Book Review: STAGE COMBAT: ARMED (RAPIER & DAGGER) by Roger Bartlett, Nick Hern Books
“This book is about portraying a safe and dramatically effective staged fight using rapier and dagger,” so begins Roger Bartlett’s latest volume. From the large-scale battles in The Lord of the Rings to the intimate denouement in a production of Hamlet at your local theatre, stage combat is as...
Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, Almeida Theatre
Anya Reiss reimagines the Ibsen classic for a disaster capitalist's world, but never establishes the credibility it needs...
Review: FLYBY, Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years meets Gravity to introduce their unfortunate lovechild. Daniel steals a spacecraft and leaves Earth; his ex-girlfriend, Emily, is left behind. A trio of scientists breaks down their complicated relationship while Daniel records his days orbiting the planet. On paper, Theo Jamieso...
Review: TWO, Park Theatre
There is a moment in TWO where you could hear a pin drop: the affable 1980s soundtrack shuts off, and a glass shatters on the floor behind the bar. A stranger has said something out-of-turn in the pub, and threatened to reveal whatever heartache is lurking beneath the surface of the rough-and-ready ...
Review: COPENHAGEN, Hampstead Theatre
A play that makes its demands but provides its rewards...
Review Roundup: Suzie Miller's INTER ALIA Transfers to The West End
Jessica Parks is a maverick London Crown Court Judge; sharp, compassionate, and determined to change a system she knows isn’t always just. But her career exists inter alia (‘among other things’) as she balances motherhood, friendship and the elusive notion of ‘having it all’. So, when an u...
Review: FILMS IN CONCERT: INTERSTELLAR LIVE, Royal Albert Hall
Given only the slightest of insights into what Christopher Nolan intended, Hans Zimmer set about creating a score for Interstellar that he would later call the best work of his career. Hearing it live accompanied by a screening of the film is a sensational experience....
Review: IN THE PRINT, King's Head Theatre
Take a trip from Fleet Street to Wapping, 40 years on...
Review: INTER ALIA, Starring Rosamund Pike, Wyndham's Theatre
In Prima Facie, former lawyer and playwright Suzie Miller wrote about a lawyer whose faith in her profession is shaken by an experience of sexual assault. Now in Inter Alia, which transfers to the West End after an acclaimed National Theatre run, she exposes the limits of the justice system when it ...
Review: THE AUTHENTICATOR, National Theatre
Eccentric artist Fenella Harford (Sylvestra Le Touzel) inherits her family’s stately home and uncovers a cache of hidden diaries that may rewrite its history. She recruits ambitious academic Marva (Rakie Ayola) to authenticate them, who in turn brings in her overlooked mentor Abi (Cherrelle Skeete...
Review: LIFELINE, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Lifeline is the kind of play that feels as though it was composed with the help of a mindmap with one word circled in the centre, around which all parts of the drama must orbit. In this case, that word – or phrase, in fact – was ‘antibiotic resistance’....
Review: GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE LIVE!, Eventim Apollo London
Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! delivers a bright and engaging theatrical experience that leans confidently into its message of friendship, resilience and imaginative play. This four star production translates the charm of the popular series into a lively stage show that keeps its young audience firmly at...
Review: VICTORIA: A QUEEN UNBOUND, Watermill Theatre
With countless depictions of Queen Victoria in the media, Daisy Goodwin has managed to create something original and thought-provoking. Forcing the audience to question both history and memory, it's the wonderful cast and stunning visuals that complement her script and make for an all-around excitin...
Review: CHOIR BOY, Stratford East
Having been on and off, in London, LA, and New York, since 2012, Choir Boy clearly isn’t going away any time soon. While occasionally off-kilter, this immaculately performed powerhouse production is proof that it’s the kind of show that deserves a place among the classics...
Review: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Starring Lesley Manville & Aiden Turner
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s scandalous 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, has received several adaptations over the years. None more resonant than Christopher Hampton’s 1985 reinvention which is now revived and updated in a masterful manner by Marianne Elliot at the National Theatre....
Review: WAITRESS starring Carrie Hope Fletcher, New Wimbledon Theatre and on tour
Good songs and good performances but a curiously mixed message from Sara Bareilles's smash hit show...
Review Roundup: KINKY BOOTS Struts Back Into The West End
Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theat...
Review: ROMEO & JULIET, starring Sadie Sink & Noah Jupe, Harold Pinter Theatre
Robert Icke is back in the West End with another star-studded classic in tow. After tackling Sophocles last year, he returns to Shakespeare, revisiting the Bard’s most misrepresented tragedy: Romeo and Juliet. Fourteen years after his directorial debut for Headlong with a radical rendition of the ...
Review: MAYERLING, Royal Ballet And Opera
Mayerling is an experience - let no one tell you otherwise. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet delves into the true story of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian court, and specifically the experience of the heir apparent; Crown Prince Rudolf.
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