Simon Ward reviews Rules Schmules – How To Be Jew-ISH at the Etcetera Theatre Suzie Depreli is in the middle of a tour of the Fringes – so far she has covered Brighton and Greater Manchester. This show is part of the Camden Fringe before taking on the […]
Simon Ward reviews Frankie Goes To Bollywood at the Queen Elizabeth Hall My first exposure to Bollywood was in the late 1980s as I tried to block out the garish colours and blaring noise from the TV sets supposedly designed to while away the boredom of a long […]
Simon Ward reviews Bangers at the Arcola Theatre Written by Danusia Samal, who also co-stars, this is a mash-up of a club night where composer and sound designer Duramaney Kamara’s tunes mixed with some classics keep the dancefloor humming and a touching exploration of two young people – […]
Simon Ward reviews Dorian :The Musical at the Southwark Playhouse Borough With book by Linnie Reedman and music and lyrics by Joe Evans, this loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890s novel A Portrait of Dorian Gray feels like an attempt to re-imagine the story as Wilde might have […]
Simon Ward reviews My Name Is Rachel Corrie at the Old Red Lion Theatre This is a verbatim play created by Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman, based on the emails and diary entries of Rachel Corrie. The facts of Rachel’s life and death are stark. She was born […]
Simon Ward reviews So Help Me Dog at the Hen and Chickens Theatre It can be excruciating being in the audience at a fringe theatre show, typically in a small room above a pub. If a show is not going well, or simply needs a bigger audience to […]
Simon Ward reviews Sunday On The Rocks at The Bread and Roses Theatre Originally emerging in the mid-nineties, Theresa Rebeck’s witty and insightful play is as resonant today as it ever was. Elly (Candace Leung) is pregnant and not happy about it. Boston housemates Gayle (Rachael Bellis, who […]
Simon Ward reviews English Kings Killing Foreigners at Camden People’s Theatre What is it with theatre makers and audience participation these days? Here it’s of the gentlest, even ironic, kind. I have a vivid memory of the late Anthony Sher bringing the house down as he descended into […]
Simon Ward reviews 1884 at Shoreditch Town Hall Set in the imposing surroundings of the Shoreditch Town Hall council chamber, this is no ordinary evening in the theatre. It is immersive and game-based. Unlike many other immersive theatre shows, however, the play does not take place around the […]
Simon Ward reviews Corona Daze at The Hen and Chickens Theatre I was working for a London hospital when news started to filter through about a new, potentially deadly, virus which was spreading across the globe. It seemed surreal to be sitting in a bland meeting room discussing […]
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