Lynne Hague reviews Where Do Little Birds Go? Camilla Whitehill’s one act play builds a vivid picture of one teenage girl’s experience of life in the mid 60s. In a strong performance by Jessica Butcher we follow the story of 24-year-old Lucy Fuller, who recollects how she left […]
Accidental Collective are an interdisciplinary performance company based in Kent. We spoke to them about their new show, Here’s Hoping; an intimate collage of hopeful stories for these dark times, from Leningrad in 1942 to current day Aleppo, from Obama to Enya. What inspired you to create Here’s Hoping? We […]
Harriet Bignell reviews Appetite as part of the Tellit Festival. Holli Dillon’s Appetite is a funny and touching piece with a slightly unsettling undertone. My initial impression was, were it not for the program synopsis, I would have had little idea that this is a one women play […]
Harriet Bignell reviews The Marked at Oval House In an insightful and conscience pricking performance, Theatre Temoin provide a chilling glimpse into the life of homeless Jack, on the streets of London. In an eerie opening, the characters perform a sequence of movements which move Jack from sinister […]
Harriet Bignell reviews Code 2021 by Autumn Secret Theatre Project Never before have I exited a theatre uttering the expression, “wow, that was powerfully awful.” However, there seems no more fitting analysis of the 3 hours (yes, 3 hours) I sat through at Secret Studio Lab’s Code 2021. The play […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Skin A Cat at The Bunker A fabulous way to launch the inaugural season at The Bunker, Skin A Cat by Isley Lynn fits the underground space hand in glove. A double bed sits centre stage with very little else to distract from this intimate story […]
Simon Ward reviews Lunch & The Bow of Ulysses at Trafalgar Studios Two Steven Berkoff plays written 20 years apart telling the story of a couple’s first encounter and then the bitter reminiscences of their subsequent life together – Lunch (1983) and The Bow of Ulysses (2002). Played here […]
It’s starting to get cold and the nights are drawing in, so what better reason to spend a night at the theatre. Here are our top 5 plays to see this October: 1. Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses at Trafalgar Studios Witness a couple meeting for the first […]
If we break a leg, we accept that time and care will work it’s magic. Unlike a lot of physical ailments, Louise Breckon’s underlying larynx condition resulted in a total repositioning of her identity, both professionally and personally. In an (almost) one-woman show portrayed in autobiographical fashion, ‘Can […]
Acorn is a modern reworking of two Greek myths, and tells the stories of Persephone and Eurydice without the distraction of their male counterparts. It isn’t an Angry-Young-Woman play, railing against the patriarchy; it’s a clever use of an ancient tale that provides an amusing insight into the […]
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