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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Isobel Stuart reviews 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE at the Edinburgh Fringe. A poetic and musical collaboration of bold new writing, these girls have created a must-see show exploding with raw talent. Exploring race, gender, sexuality, love, language and faith, these girls and their guests had the […]
Anna Hadley reviews Bost-Uni Plues at Edinburgh Fringe. As a recent graduate fumbling towards unemployment, I sought to find shows relative to my current lifestyle of career insecurity and day-time television. I found Bost-Uni Plues. I had done no other research, and I wasn’t quite sure what to […]
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