Simon Ward reviews BOOT at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre We open in an all too realistically-rendered anonymous hotel conference facility. Exactly the kind of place where school reunions and other excruciatingly awkward social events are held. The blandness of the furnishings and the harsh lighting do nothing […]
Simon Ward reviews I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical now streaming on Kings Head TV It is over a year since I last wrote a review for The Peg and although I have really missed doing it, the idea of reviewing a streaming version of a […]
Harry Bignell reviews The Time Machine at The London Library. This interactive adaptation by Jonathan Holloway of HG Well’s classic The Time Machine is a wonderful excuse to prowl the isle and smell the stacks of hardbacks at one of London’s leading literary institutions. Tucked away in the […]
Simon Ward reviews thread at The Hope Theatre In this new play, writer Freya Anderson weaves together two currently resonant themes One is the #metoo movement and, in particular, the treatment of young actresses by powerful older men in the film and theatre world. The other is the challenge […]
Simon Ward reviews Tickle – The Musical at The King’s Head Theatre The publicity material is clear – strict 16+ age limit and full frontal nudity – approach with caution. Anyone seeking titillation will be sadly disappointed – the nudity is so ‘blink-and-you-miss-it’ to barely (ha!) deserve a mention. […]
Anna Hadley reviews Have I Told You I’m Writing a Play About My Vagina? At Edinburgh Fringe. I like to see at least one play which makes box-office attendants at the Fringe blush when they’re retrieving my ticket. Cue: ‘Have I Told You I’m Writing a Play About […]
Harry Bignell reviews Beats on Pointe at the Peacock Theatre. Following a clunky introduction where the audience had to shout, “Your mic’s not working!” for the compare to realise we could not hear a word he was saying, Beats on Pointe explode onto the shabby chic stage of […]
Harry Bignell reviews Tony’s Last Tape at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. As someone with little knowledge of Tony Benn ahead of this performance, walked into the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham unsure what to expect. The following hour was engaging, educating and humbling in fairly equal measure. Mimicking the […]
Harry Bignell reviews Staying Faithful at the Drayton Arms Theatre. Imagine a theatrical reimagining of Skins with less trendy (but far enjoyable!) music and you won’t be far off of Staying Faithful. Branded as a coming-of-age story with themes of identity, faith-based struggles and conflicted sexuality, this performance […]
Harry Bignell reviews True West at Vaudeville Theatre. My initial thought upon taking my seat at the Vaudeville Theatre is how the clever use of set wall angles sucks the audience into the pokey front room of the house in Southern Carolina where Sam Shepard’s True West plays […]
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