Abigail Bryant reviews The Lounge at Soho Theatre Over the next 35 years, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old is set to nearly double from 12% to 22%. By 2020, the number of people over 60 will outnumber children younger than 5. Inspector Sands’ […]
Maddy Price reviews It’s Not Yet Midnight… at The Roundhouse French performers Compagnie XY bring circus thrills to the Roundhouse in the UK premiere of their new show It’s Not yet Midnight…, an evening of cutting-edge circus and a celebration of community. It is immediately clear that this […]
Abigail Bryant reviews Kicked in the Shi*tter at the Hope Theatre, Islington Leon Fleming’s new and provocatively titled play Kicked in the Sh*tter (directed by Scott Le Crass) confronts the bleaker side of Britain’s class structure and welfare state, whilst simultaneously exploring the complexity of invisible illness. A […]
Amy and Tom Milne review Heads-Up at Battersea Arts Centre From Kieran Hurley’s first words, you can see why ‘Heads Up’ was 2016 Fringe First Award Winner with a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His natural talent for storytelling, impressive pace and seemingly-effortless range means that, […]
Maddy Price reviews Rosalind at The Place Originally commissioned by the British Council as part of the Shakespeare Lives programme of anniversary events, this thrilling performance feels anything but made to a brief. Choreographer James Cousins has taken Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It, set it in Seoul […]
Charlotte Pegram review KINGS at Vault Festival After being bowled over by Happy Dave in Edinburgh this summer I was looking forward to seeing what Smoke and Oakum Theatre had to offer next. And Kings certainly satisfies expectations. A thoughtful, well-written piece of drama about homelessness in London, which confirms […]
Abigail Bryant reviews Labels at Vault Festival Running from the 1st – 5th March, Joe Sellman-Leava brings this one man show to the Vaults festival, chronicling his mixed race heritage and upbringing to explore the problematic nature of how we label ourselves and each other. An autobiographical account […]
Abigail Bryant review Bucket List at The Battersea Arts Centre Theatre Ad Infinitum’s mission is to ‘create theatre that examines social and political themes through innovative storytelling and bold experimental styles.’ Bucket List, their latest production written by Nir Paldi and currently touring the UK, accomplishes this and […]
Tom and Amy Milne review The Great Train Robbery at Vaults Festival Running until Sunday as part of the vaults festival (a venue worth visiting for a few beers even if you’re not catching a show), the cast of the Great Train Robbery showed no signs of opening […]
Simon Ward reviews Dirty Great Love Story at The Arts Theatre This is a joy from start to finish. From the moment Richard (Felix Scott) and Katie (Ayesha Antoine) amble on before the show to subtly remind us to turn off our mobile phones (or at least airplane […]
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