Simon Ward reviews Lunch & The Bow of Ulysses at Trafalgar Studios Two Steven Berkoff plays written 20 years apart telling the story of a couple’s first encounter and then the bitter reminiscences of their subsequent life together – Lunch (1983) and The Bow of Ulysses (2002). Played here […]
It’s starting to get cold and the nights are drawing in, so what better reason to spend a night at the theatre. Here are our top 5 plays to see this October: 1. Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses at Trafalgar Studios Witness a couple meeting for the first […]
If we break a leg, we accept that time and care will work it’s magic. Unlike a lot of physical ailments, Louise Breckon’s underlying larynx condition resulted in a total repositioning of her identity, both professionally and personally. In an (almost) one-woman show portrayed in autobiographical fashion, ‘Can […]
Acorn is a modern reworking of two Greek myths, and tells the stories of Persephone and Eurydice without the distraction of their male counterparts. It isn’t an Angry-Young-Woman play, railing against the patriarchy; it’s a clever use of an ancient tale that provides an amusing insight into the […]
As Litmus Fest comes to an end The PEG spoke to Jessica Murrain and Lucy Bairstow from Theatre With Legs about their experience of the festival. Murrain and Bairstow performed DIGS at the Pleasance, a beautifully devised piece about what ‘home’ means. At once funny and deeply moving, it captures […]
There is much to admire in this personal story which traces the performer’s journey from debilitating illness through to recovery. Adam Pownall fell ill with Guillain-Barré syndrome (or locked in syndrome) back in 2009. The symptoms of the condition developed very quickly, and he moved from being an […]
This week saw the inaugural Litmus Fest at the Pleasance. The premise for the festival makes complete sense: to bring the creative, risk-taking spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe to London. Because, while the Pleasance is one of the best venues in Edinburgh, it sometimes takes a bit of […]
Monologues. They can fill an audience’s heart with dread, knowing that you are relying on a single actor and minimal props for the best part of an hour. Actors love them on the other hand. All eyes on them alone, their job to beguile the audience with their […]
Kenny Morgan is based on playwright Terence Rattigan’s real life love affair with the titular actor – a tale of torment that Mike Poulton tells now in imagined fact rather than Rattigan’s fiction, resulting in a script dusted with ironic discussion of the arts and performance. For someone unfamiliar […]
Here’s what’s on top of our To See list this month. They’re all Off West End shows, and some of them we’ve already been in to see. The rest will be reviewed throughout the month, but all come highly recommended. 1. Kenny Morgan at the Arcola Theatre London, […]
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