John Cutler’s London Theatre Reviews.
John Cutler’s London Theatre Reviews.
Recent Reviews
What Fresh Hell Is It? – The Libra Theatre Cafe
In Glenn T. Griffin’s engaging and insightful one-woman bioplay What Fresh Hell Is It?, the poet, short story writer, critic, and [...]
Playfight. Soho Theatre.
Writer Julia Grogan’s breathtakingly assured debut play arrives at Soho Theatre following stellar reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and a detour [...]
All The Happy Things. Soho Theatre.
Naomi Denny’s three-hander comedy-drama All The Happy Things covers familiar themes within a recognisable premise. A grieving protagonist comes to terms [...]
Telly. Bread and Roses Theatre.
The challenge with absurdist comedy is that many people do not find it funny. Laughing at the sheer weirdness of a [...]
The Women of Llarumney. Stratford East.
Playwright and screenwriter Azuka Oforka’s notable debut play, The Women of Llarumney, transfers to Theatre Royal Stratford East following a sold-out [...]
Kitty Dollparts. Camden People’s Theatre.
Rhiannon Lucy Bird's short one-woman performance piece, Kitty Dollparts & Other Performing Objects, mashes up verse, monologue, original song, and extensive [...]
Sisyphean Quick Fix. Riverside Studios.
Sisyphean Quick Fix, performer Bettina Paris’ debut work as a writer, premiered at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe to a solid response. [...]
Tell Me You’ll Think About It. Hen & Chickens Theatre.
Mid-twenties theatre reviewer Phoebe is not impressed. The radical reworking of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata that she is asked to review proves to [...]
Weather Girl. Soho Theatre.
Brian Watkins’s adeptly crafted, California-set tragicomedy Weather Girl enjoyed a sold-out run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, garnering a clutch of [...]