Review: REMEMBRANCE MONDAY, Seven Dials Playhouse
by Niamh Jones - April 29, 2024
Many of us ask ourselves about the definition of love, what is the purest form perhaps, or what does it mean to make promises while in love. Michael Batten’s play Remembrance Monday asks these questions through the lens of a seventy minute psychological thriller....
Review: THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE, Riverside Studios
by Cheryl Markosky - April 29, 2024
If you've ever idolised a lesser-known band and endlessly reminisce about its utter brilliance through rose-tinted spectacles, then This Is Memorial Device at Riverside Studios is a must-see....
Review: DOCTOR BROWN: BETURNS, Soho Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - April 26, 2024
Coming on like some kind of sadistic Mr Bean, the scarier-than-Pennywise Doctor Brown has been terrorising audiences with his silent comedy since 2009 and returns to Soho Theatre with his first new show in over a decade....
Review: OLIVE JAR, Grand Junction
by Niamh Jones - April 26, 2024
What is theatre fundamentally about? Why do we create any form of literature or performance? Why do we tell stories? Stories are such a formative part of life, forging our knowledge of the world and helping to bring communities together....
Review: A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF, Battersea Arts Centre
by Franco Milazzo - April 26, 2024
In her PhD on “Deconstructing the Spectacle: Aerial Performance as Critical Practice”, Dr Laura Murphy had a singular mission: “to challenge normative ideas attached to and embedded in aerial work”. In A Spectacle Of Herself, she delivers on this challenge with style and conviction....
Review: MOBY DICK, Wilton's Music Hall
by Michael Higgs - April 26, 2024
A charming adaptation of Herman Melville’s masterpiece, Sebastian Armesto’s Moby Dick mixes music and drama in an effective, atmospheric production that never gets lost at sea, no matter how daunting a task it is to stage the novel....
Review: BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, Liverpool's Royal Court
by Sarah OHara - April 25, 2024
Following its sold out run in 2023, Boys from the Blackstuff has returned to Liverpool’s Royal Court, before the show transfers to the National Theatre in London and Garrick Theatre in the West End....
Review: WHAT (IS) A WOMAN?, Arcola Theatre
by Niamh Jones - April 26, 2024
A person’s life can be dictated by many things - career, relationships, decisions made… In the case of Andrée Bernard’s What (is) a Woman it seems that men have dictated the protagonist’s life....
Review: SHELF: TEENAGE MEN, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - April 26, 2024
Walking into Shelf: Teenage Men, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Based on the show’s description, there would be “anecdotes, songs, jokes about performing for kids, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more.” How was all of this going to fit into an hour-long show? Luckily, I had no...