Simon Ward reviews Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It at the Soho Theatre Fresh from a triumphant run in Edinburgh and prior to an extended residency in their home town of New York, Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland bring their latest high-energy clown-inspired offering to […]
Simon Ward reviews There Is A Light And A Whistle For Attracting Attention at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Coming to London after a summer tour across the country, There Is A Light And A Whistle For Attracting Attention is a one woman play, written and performed by […]
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 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 I’m A Philosopher Why The #@$% Am I Here? It is a very funny premise for a comedy show. Take a bunch of philosophers, whose stock in trade is to unpick the differences between appearance and reality, and place them in the egregiously unreal world […]
Simon Ward reviews Baby Brain at the Bridewell Theatre I have done a few reviews over the years where the subject matter is so much more important than my opinion of the show that it feels almost irrelevant. This is one such production. Endorsed by the charity Action […]
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 Pews At Ten at the Hope Theatre The tiny city of St David’s or Tyddewi in Wales, has a population of well under two thousand, but is home to a rather splendid cathedral. And it is here that lifelong friends Dilys (Nia Brooks, who also […]
Simon Ward reviews This Year I Am Going To Die at the Hen and Chickens Theatre As this one man show begins, the audience are attendees at the funeral of Jojo (Jonas Feind). He is prostrate on the floor clutching a sunflower, as though in an open coffin. […]
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 […]
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