Simon Ward reviews 21 Days at the Canal Cafe Theatre Showing as part of the Voila! Festival of Theatre, this is clearly a labour of love for writer-producer-and-lead actor Sushant Nair, who plays Jay. His antagonist is May (Alanya Hotchkiss), a flatmate imposed on him somehow by his […]
Simon Ward reviews Condensation & Cannonballs at the Union Theatre I last saw and admired Noah McCreadie’s work back in 2023 with his hard-hitting play Getaway/Runaway about the devastating impact of addiction on a family. In this piece, McCreadie himself takes the lead in a one man show […]
Simon Ward reviews Cellular at the Old Red Lion Theatre Cellular is the latest play from writer-director Dean Stalham. Its punning title refers, of course, to the confined quarters shared by Marj (Jane Gull) and new cellmate Veronica (Vanessa Koster-Goodliffe), but also, perhaps, to the deep visceral damage […]
Simon Ward reviews Big Love at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre This is the final play in the Lion and Unicorn’s Here | For 2026 season, this time written and directed by the venue’s Artistic Director David Brady. It is a one man show, with Samuel Warren playing […]
Simon Ward reviews The Other Room at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre Here | For 2026 is a season of four shows over five weeks running at the Lion and Unicorn designed to showcase promising new work. Sarah Rickman’s brilliantly written and almost unbearably moving new play certainly […]
Simon Ward reviews Sweet Victory at the Etcetera Theatre In this new play, written and directed by Elise Marra, we are introduced to two combatants in the American Revolutionary war, one on each side. John Thomas (Mikkie-denè Le Roux) is a soldier on the American side, John Smith […]
Simon Ward reviews and I looked at the sky at the Omnibus Theatre It is timely that Tim Stubbs Hughes’s new play should be opening now, when the topic of assisted dying is again on the political agenda. His protagonists seem to have solved the problem for themselves, […]
Simon Ward reviews Scar Tissue at the Old Red Lion Theatre Lilwen Faulkner’s thought-provoking new play is a reminder that the early traumatic events of our lives never really leave us, and may even ripple through to future generations. As writer and director, Faulkner shines a spotlight on […]
Simon Ward reviews Tartuffe (Remixed) at the Marylebone Theatre For many years Darren Raymond, the writer and director of Tartuffe (Remixed), has been adapting classic theatrical works to bring them alive for new, diverse audiences. Since 2008, Intermission Youth has been engaging young people in the creative possibilities […]
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 […]
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