Simon Ward reviews LIV:Sapphic Shakespeare at the Old Red Lion Theatre Showing as part of the Camden Fringe, which is running at various venues around London until 24th August, this is clearly a labour of love for writer/producer/actor Tanieth Kerr. Directed by Katy Livsey, it is a re-imagining […]
Simon Ward reviews All These Pretty Things at the Etcetera Theatre As we enter the small room above the Oxford Arms, Tracey Yarad is already in meditational pose, wrapped in a blanket and with Om Shanti on the screen behind her. We sense that she is gathering her […]
Simon Ward reviews 1.17am, or Until The Words Run Out at Theatre503 Running as part of the Summer Shorts season currently playing at Theatre503, Zoe Hunter Gordon’s new play is an utterly compelling portrait of a friendship placed under seemingly unbearable strain. Katie (Catherine Ashdown) and Roni (Eileen […]
Simon Ward reviews Outside Voice at the Soho Poly Theatre Tucked away in the West End side streets, and just around the corner from the BBC, this location has been a hub for arts activities since at least the late 1960s. In recent years it has been restored […]
Simon Ward reviews Julius Caesar at the Hen and Chickens Theatre In this urgent and compelling interpretation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Anna Blackburn has created a nerve-shredding production of great power. A well-drilled cast of four brilliantly rises to the challenge of inhabiting all the roles this play […]
Simon Ward reviews Grave Mistake at the Hope Theatre Matthew Ballantyne and Toby Hampton’s new play is a Joe Orton-esque farce set in a funeral home. Burke and Sons has been a family business for generations and is now in the hands of sisters Regina (Gabrielle Nellis-Pain) and […]
Simon Ward reviews Mrs T Foresees at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre Centred around the life story and formidable presence of Irish clairvoyant Mrs Molly Tolpuddle (compellingly played by Carol Tagg), writer and director Gail Matthews’s play encompasses a variety of topics, from a satirical look at the […]
Simon Ward reviews Derry Boys at Theatre503 This piece comes closest to my own personal experience of anything I have reviewed in all my years writing for The Peg. Though I wasn’t born there, I was raised in Derry, so I would almost certainly qualify for entry to […]
Simon Ward reviews The Sociable Plover at the Old Red Lion Theatre The first thing to strike you is the set (designed by Jack Valentine) . The entire room has been transformed into a bird watchers’ hide, with camouflage netting on the walls and a wooden ledge thrust […]
Simon Ward reviews Pavement Sharks at the Canal Cafe Theatre For anyone unfamiliar with the venue, it nestles above a rather good pub called the Bridge House in Little Venice, a very pleasant stroll along the canal from what I still think of as the newly refurbished Paddington […]
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