Tag: Fringe Theatre

Standing on the right in white shirts and dark trousers Gregory Wilder (played by Thomas Billiouw) and Gloria Wilder (played by Dany Van Brabant) ; standing on the right are Phyllis Amberhide (played by Jess Vince-Moin) and Sherryll-Anne Bowman (played by Kgalalelo Thakadu). Phyllis is holding a collection bucket.

★★★★Savagely Funny

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Simon Ward reviews Wilder! at the Etcetera Theatre This barely categorisable play written by its leading actors Thomas Billiouw and Dany Van Brabant deserves to be seen by a wider audience than can cram into the tiny Etcetera Theatre. The punning title must surely include an homage to […]

Two men in chorus line style. On the left is Tom Clarkson in bright yellow suit, yellow tie and holding a yellow bowler hat and a yellow microphone; on the right Owen Visser in a bright red suit, red tie and holding a red bowler hat and a red microphone.

★★★★★Humbug Free Zone

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Simon Ward reviews The Christmas Thing at the Seven Dials Playhouse This is an utterly gleeful slice of Christmas slapstick fun, irresistibly written, directed and hosted by double act Tom Clarkson and Owen Visser. Clarkson is the front man, holding the microphone and ringleading the action; Visser is […]

In blue light, four surgeons in white hazmat suits and with head torchs shining surround a suspended surgery bed. A projection of blue dividing cells hangs above the bed.

★★★Who Wants To Live Forever?

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Simon Ward reviews Continuity at The Cockpit Theatre As a technology entrepreneur, we can take it that the insights that David Sear shares in this dystopian satirical black comedy are based on concepts being seriously considered in the world of the tech bros. Set in 2034, the world […]

Three actors peeping through the backstage curtain to look at the audience. Top to bottom - Nathaniel (played by Jake O'Hare), Olivia (played by Lucy Blunt) and Sadie (played by Rebekah Nicol).

★★★★Murder By The Stage Door

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Simon Ward reviews Kill For The Part at the Canal Cafe Theatre Written and directed by Lucy Blunt, who also plays Olivia/Eleanor Deluse, this is a witty and beguiling romp which interleaves a classic cosy murder mystery with the back-stage shenanigans that arise when the cast believe themselves […]

Olly Hawes, standing up holding a microphone, bloodied arms, blood-stained grey sweatshirt

★★Dead End Street

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Simon Ward reviews Old Fat F**k Up at the Riverside Studios Olly Hawes has set up camp at the Riverside Studios – as well as this show, in a week or so, he will be alternating performances with his previous play F**king Legend so he must be doing […]

Two men seated at a restaurant table. On the left, Ben, played by Sam Danson, in a dark shirt and beige cords; on the right Tim, played by Dior Clarke, in a midriff-revealing turquoise T-shirt and cargo pants. They are toasting each other with wine glasses.

★★★Grindr’s Not A Dating App

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Simon Ward reviews Daddy’s First Gay Date at the Seven Dials Playhouse Rather touchingly listed on the venue’s website as ‘Writer, Producer and Ben’ this show is clearly Sam Danson’s baby. Billed as a romantic comedy, much humour is found in the culture clash between the straight world […]

Standing on the left in a blue multi-coloured football shirt and Burberry style checked scarf Daisy Boy (played by Jud Charlton) and standing on the right Danny Boy (played by Francis Saunders) in a blue and cream Fila jacket.

★★★★Waiting for God

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Simon Ward reviews God Don’t Live On A Council Estate at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Dean Stalham’s 2010 play, God Don’t Live On A Council Estate, directed here by Jonathan Linsley, gives us another insight into the world that I was first introduced to in June of […]

On the left, in light blue football kit, Melissa (played by Dión Di Maio) shaking hands with Deren (played by Jake Douglas) on the right also in football kit and holding a Gaelic football.

★★★★Whose Game Is It Anyway?

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Simon Ward reviews The Pitch at Theatre503 Philip Catherwood’s new play, directed by Thea Mayeux, is not the first to investigate the thorny issue of land and its use on the island of Ireland, but his approach is refreshingly free of the weight of history which normally surrounds […]

A woodland setting with a green tent on the left and a red tent on the right. Five characters ranged in front of the tent in Festival mood. Left to right are Marvin (played by Alistair Rowley), Jordan (played by Tom Feasby), Jason (played by Tafadzwa Phillip Madubeko), Daisy (played by Georgia Dye), and Lisa (played by Marnie Yule).

★★Not With A Buzz But A Whimper

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Simon Ward reviews BuzzFest at the Wanstead Curtain Theatre As chestnuts are falling from the trees and an autumnal chill is in the air, writer-director Marissa Landy’s ode to the summer musical festival season lands in a sweetly nostalgic moment. Much like the reluctant revellers at the end […]