Simon Ward reviews A Beginner’s Guide To Widowhood at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre Created by Omar Khan, based on his mother Nancy’s story, and written by Rae Mainwaring, this one woman show is the work of many hands. All the more remarkable, then, that Liz Jadav’s performance […]
Simon Ward reviews Beige at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre Written by Jessica Nlabu, who also plays Joy, this feels like an all-too realistic insight into what it must be like to be a performer today. How does she present herself to be most acceptable to an audience. […]
Simon Ward reviews Sunrise For The Blind at the Cockpit Theatre Written by Lee Lomas, who also plays Nathan, the lynchpin around whom the story evolves, although it is very much an ensemble piece. This deceptively simple glimpse into working class life in Manchester is a far cry […]
Simon Ward reviews The Whisper Comes Before The Plant at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Nia Braidford’s new play, in which she also plays the role of Faith, is an ambitious and compelling exploration of the reality of living with mental illness and the after-effects of a coercive-controlling […]
Simon Ward reviews Londongrad :Tech Takeover at the Courtyard Theatre One has to feel for political satirists writing in the current febrile climate. No sooner has one scandal broken than there is a string of resignations and a whole new crew has stepped in to start all over […]
Simon Ward reviews The Effect at the Old Red Lion Theatre Many people, your reviewer included, will have seen writer Lucy Prebble’s The Effect during one of its runs at the National Theatre. This production vividly demonstrates the thrilling power inherent in witnessing great work in the intimacy […]
Simon Ward reviews -320°F at Sadler’s Wells Theatre This is an all-out assault on the senses which it is all but impossible to sensibly review without some grounding in Japanese theatrical culture and practice. Starting with a mysterious title, ‘Minus Three Twenty Fahrenheit’, this is a vast, sometimes […]
Simon Ward reviews Persona at the King’s Head Theatre Another day, another play set in a posh-dinner-party-gone-wrong, see last month’s ★★★Dinner Party From Hell for details. There must be something in the ether. It is a well-worn technique – the characters all gathered together in close proximity, the […]
SImon Ward reviews Are You There Moriarty? at Playhouse East Running as part of a double bill with Watershed at Playhouse East, which looks like a flat-roofed pub repurposed as a cafe/bar with a theatre space above. In the unseasonably hot May weather it was a challenge for […]
Simon Ward reviews Kaddish (How To Be A Sanctuary) at the Old Red Lion Theatre Following an award-winning run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival, Sam Sherman brings this deeply personal play to London, prior to a to Prague. Written and performed by Sherman, it is co-created and directed […]
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