Simon Ward reviews Snowflakes at The Old Red Lion Theatre The fashion over the last few years has been for plays to run for 90 minutes or so with no interval. There is a certain intensity gained by knowing that the full plot will unfurl without a break. […]
Simon Ward reviews Tomorrow May Be My Last at The Union Theatre This show – described as a ‘music-driven play’ – is not for the faint-hearted. It is a loud, sweaty romp though the all-too-brief life of its inspiration and its star – Janis Joplin – lovingly brought […]
Harry Bignell reviews Zoo at Vault Festival 2020. A touching tale of two socially-awkward animal-enthusiasts crossing geographical boundaries and cultural chasms to be socially-awkward and enthusiastic about animals together; Zoo is a delight from bizarre beginning to emotional end. The play opens with Miami based zoo keeper Bonnie, played […]
Simon Ward reviews Undetectable at The King’s Head Theatre As we enter the room our two protagonists are already ensconced under a frankly hideous purple duvet beneath a colour-changing globe light and a thumping soundtrack. This makes the regular, and of course very worthy, funding pitch from the King’s […]
Simon Ward reviews JEW…ish at The King’s Head Theatre I think it was Jonathan Miller who came up with the line “I’m not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog.” Writers Poppy Damon and Saul Boyer (who also plays Max) have taken the gag run with […]
Simon Ward reviews Skin In The Game at The Old Red Lion Theatre Watching plays in pub theatres is often an intense experience. The enforced intimacy of actors performing just inches away can be claustrophobic. And if there is tension in the air, it crackles. So it is […]
Harry Bignell reviews Barber Shop Chronicles at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden. As the distinctively spherical stands of the aptly named Roundhouse Theatre in Camden fill, we late-comers are greeted by the blare of foot-tapping beat which had already enticed multiple audience members to join the actors already […]
Isobel Stuart reviews The LOL Word at Edinburgh Fringe. The LOL Word are a queer comedy collective bringing some of the freshest LGBTQIA+ talent to the Edinburgh Fringe. Offering a mixed bill of queer women and non-binary comedians, stars Chloe Green, Chloe Petts, and Jodie Mitchell had […]
Isobel Stuart reviews FATTY FAT FAT at Edinburgh Fringe. If you’ve ever felt like your body takes up too much space in this world, this may be the show for you. If you’re tired of the mistreatment and subjectification of fat people by commercial and “scientific” bodies, […]
Anna Hadley reviews Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous at Edinburgh Fringe. Like every self-identifying heterosexual female who appropriates queer culture and ruins it for everyone else, I have to admit that drag cabaret is my favourite genre at the Edinburgh Fringe. So I was very excited to […]
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