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 […]
Simon Ward reviews Overshare at the Greenwich Theatre At one point during this hectic cavalcade of a show, creator-writer-performer-producer Eleanor Hill pauses for a beat to wonder whether her last remark was a bit of an overshare. The joke is, of course, that the whole thing is one […]
Simon Ward reviews The Summer After Dad Died at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Written and directed by Danish playwright and actor Sarah Majland, The Summer After Dad Died is set in Denmark in the hot summer of 1985. Three sisters, Marianne (Halli Patterson), Tina (Milja Martilla) and […]
Simon Ward reviews Moderation at the Hope Theatre Making its UK premiere at the Hope, Kevin Kautzman’s searingly topical new play, Moderation is the darkest of dark comedies. It is unmistakably an American work, but its themes resonate across the world, just as the actions of the techbro […]
Simon Ward reviews Mixed Sex at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre Writer Samuel Normington (who also co-directs and stars as Sam) recounts how this, his first full-length play, began in lockdown as he jotted down some anecdotes from his childhood. It then became a monologue before being fleshed […]
Simon Ward reviews Tell Me You’ll Think About It at the Hen and Chickens Theatre In Lyndsey Ruiz’s debut play Tell Me You’ll Think About It , in which she also stars, a young couple have returned to their flat after an evening at the theatre. Ruiz plays […]
Simon Ward reviews And If The Surface Tension Breaks at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. The title of this piece is a beautiful evocation of the fragility of life that it explores. Written and directed by David Brady, it is a slick and well-worked production, including video projection […]
Simon Ward reviews Rosie’s Brain at the Hope Theatre Evelyn Rose, writer, producer and performer of this one-woman tour de force is a whirlwind of energy. From Rosie’s over-enthusiastic entrance as she arrives at college to her inhabiting of all the other characters in the story, there is […]
Simon Ward reviews Put Out His Eyes at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre Writer Michael Hajiantonis’s Put Out His Eyes is a fairytale set in a distant past with an undercurrent of pent-up rage and resentment which feels apposite for our modern world in which none of the […]
Simon Ward reviews James Rowland Dies At The End Of The Show at Camden People’s Theatre Although this is the third part of James Rowland’s Songs of the Heart Trilogy, there is no requirement to have seen the previous parts to make sense of this charming, witty and […]
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