Review: CAPTAIN AMAZING, Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 07, 2024
Mark sits in a white box on a red chair. He is dressed in a grey t-shirt and jeans. With the exception of sporting a red cape, he is nondescript, ordinary, normal. In the next 65 minutes, we are taken on an emotional ride through Mark's experiences of love, parenthood and devastating loss, all while...
Review: KING LEAR, Riverside Studios
by Cindy Marcolina - May 04, 2024
Cutting Shakespeare isn’t rare, with time restraint and accessible efficiency at the top of the list. What happens when you remove the text altogether, leaving only the bare bones of the story? Hong Kongese company Nonverbal Theatre of Gesture have the answer....
Review: BILAL ZAFAR: IMPOSTER, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - May 03, 2024
'Bilal Zafar: Imposter is an hour-long story in which Zafar uses comedy to tell the audience about a wild experience he had when his housemate tried to get him arrested five separate times.'...
Review: CYCLES, Barbican Centre
by Franco Milazzo - May 02, 2024
With their new work Cycles, it is clear that Boy Blue are at something of a crossroads....
Review: MARIE FAUSTIN: SORRY I'M LATE, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - May 03, 2024
As soon as Faustin takes the stage, she immediately jumps right in, creating a conversational atmosphere with the audience. She designates a table of audience members in the front row as the “rich table” and begins by talking about her experiences flying first class....
Review: FROZEN, Greenwich Theatre
by Niamh Jones - April 30, 2024
Is serial killing ever a forgivable act? A controversial question certainly and the central premise of Bryony Lavery’s Frozen. Told from three points of view, this play explores the impacts of trauma and loss on very different members of society....