Simon Ward reviews The Doppel Gang at Tristan Bates Theatre A word about the venue: it is tiny, hiding in plain sight in the heart of Theatreland, around the corner from The Mousetrap and within spitting distance of The Cursed Child. I had certainly never noticed it before. […]
Harriet Bignell reviews O’ Come All Ye Divas at Charing Cross Theatre From golden oldies like Barbra Streisand and Shirley Bassey to more modern divas like Adele and Lily Allen, Christina Bianco takes them all on in her performance of festive classics. Although an American YouTube sensation, Christina Bianco doesn’t […]
Mark Hil reviews Boys at The Lost Theatre Boys tells the story of a group of millennials struggling to come to terms with their place in the world; complex relationships, uncertain futures (or lack thereof) and ultimately the suicide of a friend. The play revolves around main character, […]
Short but not so sweet, The Mirror Never Lies is a musical about the power of beauty and the pangs of desire, but sadly fails to fully capture the swinging sixties of London. Based on the novel The Sweet Dove Died by Barbra Pym, it follows the tale […]
The name really is in the title. A series of characters embarking on a host of sexual encounters, all of them looking for something meaningful in their connection with other men. Joe DiPietro’s play about the thrills of quick sex has immediate resonance in the age of Grindr, […]
Harriet Bignell reviews Code 2021 by Autumn Secret Theatre Project Never before have I exited a theatre uttering the expression, “wow, that was powerfully awful.” However, there seems no more fitting analysis of the 3 hours (yes, 3 hours) I sat through at Secret Studio Lab’s Code 2021. The play […]
The Inevitable Heartbreak of Gavin Plimsole is billed as one of the most unusual productions at this year’s fringe. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to its reputation. Upon entering the theatre you are given a heart rate monitor, the results of which are constantly updated and projected on […]
A Tale of Two Cities; one of Dickens’ greatest works set during the French Revolution and featuring one of the most ruthless female characters in history, Mme Defarge. It is here adapted by two companies, the Chung Ying Theatre Company and Red Shift Theatre Productions. One can picture […]
What happens when a tomboy who loves mud and football starts to believe she really is a boy? And, more than that, a boy who could rise to the heights of an 80s movie star. Well, confusion and disappointment one would suppose. But Hutson tells us that, ironically, […]
The Collector The Vaults, Waterloo The Vaults can never be anything other than atmospheric. There are different stages and different seating styles, but watching anything underneath Waterloo Station with the occasional muffled thunder of trains overhead is always thrilling. Layer on the period charms of a bar furnished […]
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