The Last Laugh. The Tabard Theatre.
There is certainly a timeliness to director Nick Bromley’s brilliantly funny revival of Richard Harris’ 2007 two-hander The Last Laugh. Adapted [...]
Auto-Engrain. King’s Head Theatre.
Writer and performer Helena Collins O'Connor describes her one-woman show Auto-Engrain, which explores in visceral detail the experience of being entrapped [...]
The Sex Party. The Menier Chocolate Factory.
Terry Johnson’s The Sexy Party does a solid job in exposing the reactionary nature of partygoers at a ghastly Islington gangbang. [...]
Cyanide at 5. King’s Head Theatre.
Peter Kavanagh’s production of Czech writer Pavel Kohout’s 1997 thriller Cyanide at 5, the first in the UK, is a treat. [...]
The Light Trail. Hope Theatre.
Lydia Sabatini’s The Light Trail was shortlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Playwriting. In this moving and subtle production at [...]
Something Is Happening. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
Joy, the creepy and hectoring protagonist of Dodie Finamore’s one-person show Something Is Happening is a self-help guru on a mission. [...]
Cheer Up Slug. Bread and Roses Theatre.
“We’re not kids anymore, are we” says stern and nerdy 16-year-old Will (Jamie Patterson) to his best female friend Bean (Charis [...]
Written In The Body. Sadlers Wells.
Choreographer and performer Charlotte Spencer’s most recent performance pieces have been outdoor immersive events. In Written In The Body she makes [...]
A Butcher Of Distinction. Barons Court Theatre.
Rob Hayes’ villainously dark modern fairy-tale, A Butcher of Distinction, had a well-reviewed outing at the King’s Head Theatre a decade [...]
Blues For An Alabama Sky. National Theatre.
A superb revival of Pearl Cleage's 1995 work brought to magical life by a scintillating performance from Samira Wiley as protagonist [...]
Ghislaine Gabler. Playground Theatre.
There are always commonalities to be found between the lives of fictional and real-life personalities. By one measure drama can only [...]
Discman. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
Setting a play in a grotty and seemingly abandoned female public toilet suggests a variety of possible intentions on a writer’s [...]
Nosferatu. Etcetera Theatre.
There is a long history of theatre and film that lampoons the camp, melodramatic (almost operatic) excesses of Bram Stoker’s gothic [...]
Des Fleurs. Space Theatre.
At the outset of writer and director Gabrielle Silvestre’s Des Fleurs, the central character Judith (Harriet Whitbread in a strong performance [...]
A Sudden Violent Burst Of Rain. Gate Theatre.
On the surface, Elif (a spirited and skilled performance by Sara Hazemi), the central character in Sami Ibrahim’s allegory cum fable, [...]
Dulce et Decorum Est. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
London, 1941. There is a ferocious German air raid taking place over London. Two strangers, plucky and determined young American nurse [...]
Still Ticking. Etcetera Theatre.
Among other things, Still Ticking, Nigel Osner’s unexpected blend of self-penned song, contemplations about aging, and character-based monologue provides colourful and [...]
Forgotten Voices. Canal Café Theatre.
David Moorhead’s touching and intelligent one-woman play, Forgotten Voices, combines two narratives in one. The first is an intimate and heartfelt [...]
Choir Of Man. Arts Theatre.
The publicity blurb for Andrew Kay and Nic Doodson’s jukebox musical, The Choir of Man, helpfully tells us that there are [...]
Fame Whore. King’s Head Theatre.
The blurb for Tom Ratcliffe’s Fame Whore, currently running at the King’s Head Theatre, describes the show as a dark comedy. [...]
The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Any More. Charing Cross Theatre.
“Sissy Goforth's not ready to go forth yet and won't go forth till she's ready,” says the character of that name [...]
The Doctor. Duke of York’s Theatre.
Back in summer 2019, Robert Icke’s The Doctor had a clutch of five star reviews, Olivier nominations, and a sell-out run [...]
So You’ve Found Me. Lion & Unicorn Theatre.
Sam Moore’s thought-provoking and funny one-person play, So You've Found Me, helpfully opens with a summary of the cliches audiences expect [...]
The Snail House. Hampstead Theatre.
The trouble with being Richard Eyre, the hugely lauded theatre, opera, film, and television director, is that audiences generally expect whatever [...]