Reading Time: 2 minutesIvories is a play with visible potential - the set design is beautiful, the lighting is suspenseful, and the four actors (two in leading roles, two in supporting roles) are expressive and eager to engage with the material. However, the production had multiple weak moments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStars: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey is the glorious ninety-minute story of Mrs, a post-menopausal widow who searches through earth and space for her first orgasm.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore I watched Natural Behaviour, I had read nothing about it and assumed it would be a comedy of sorts. A satire about misfits attempting to find their place in this strange, pretentious world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnTethered is an autobiographical comedy about Tana Sirois, a queer, demisexual woman battling her obsessive compulsive disorder to experience love and safety.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLove You More is a celebration of childhood - in particular, teenage fandom and the relationship between a mother and daughter. Written by, produced by, and starring Sarah O’Dell, based on the love she shared with her mother, the play is filled with goofy comedy and bittersweet nostalgia.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFeminal is an eye-opening portrayal of womanhood. Through the medium of dance, with singing included in the latter part of the show, performer Becca Hoback conveys a story of repression and revelation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new play It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business, written and co-produced by Kelsey Marlowe Jessup, debuting at the Barons Court Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesTogether Forever, written by James Pickthall (they/them) and directed by Yusuf Niazi, comprises a trio of twenty-minute standalone sketches, each showcasing how we may try (and fail) to navigate romantic relationships. Jacob Freda and Heather Campbell-Ferguson portray the characters; each has a sketch of their own, before uniting in the third.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulian Bird masterfully conveys the experiences psychiatrists face, the hardships of the job that spill into their personal lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA witty tragicomedy about a woman’s fight to be considered alive