Charlotte Pegram reviews Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios Enda Walsh shot to fame in 1996 with this In Yer Face play about two teens ripping up the rule book in Ireland. Pig and Runt have an unusual relationship; born within moments of one another they grow up together […]
Charles Blake reviews Kiss Me at Trafalgar Studios After his international hit One Man Two Guvnors, this perhaps isn’t the play one would expect from writer Richard Bean. Set in 1920s London, Kiss Me may be amusing, but it is certainly not a comedy. Rather, it is intimate […]
Mark Hil reviews BU21 at Trafalgar Studios BU21 follows the survivors of a terrorist attack in London and explores the ways they each cope with the aftermath. The play opens with a caustic account of how the endless misery of the evening news has rendered people disconnected and […]
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 […]
‘This is Living’ takes place on a small stage soaked in water. A sodden platform that confines the two central characters in a purgatory-like space for the play’s two-hour duration. As the action unfolds we see that this minimalist setting works perfectly with the narrative themes; drifting through memories […]
Armed with the pretentious opinion that no vocalisation can ever do justice to the beauty of Wilde’s words, and the somewhat contradictory conviction I was going to thoroughly enjoy the evening’s performance, I sank into the seats of Trafalgar’s small, intimate theatre. I admit I was filled with […]
Revenge is a dish best served cold goes the saying, and this is a particularly chilling tale. Carla and Heather are two women from distinct social worlds. The only thing they have in common is their attendance of the same secondary school, and even that experience sets them […]
Down in Trafalgar Studios 2 there’s a double act of Dickens running. The following is a double review- one for each show in its own right: Sikes & Nancy Sikes & Nancy is a one-man play full of grotesque characters and monstrous behaviour. Making the most of the […]
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