REVIEW: naked
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten and performed by Maggie Zhang & James Walsh, naked follows a British-Chinese couple as they find their way into each other’s lives.
Diana Miranda
Performing-arts addict /
Unconventional arts-writer /
MA Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy (London) /
BA Culture Studies and Management (Mexico City)
REVIEW: NO PHOTOS
Reading Time: 2 minutesThrough spoken word and biting insight, Ryan Dre Sinclair explores thecontemporary obsession with capturing and sharing every moment A man sits in a waiting room, self-conscious and awkward. He trips over a chair, plays with his hands.…
REVIEW: Controlled Burn
Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten, performed, and directed by multidisciplinary artist Crystalia Varelis, the piece follows two very different sisters living under the shadow of their sick mother.
REVIEW: Lulla
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Lulla, presented by Flaming Theatre, playwright Ben SantaMaria and director Martha J. Baldwin craft a world of surreal, nature-infused scenery, elevated through expressive physical storytelling and poetic language sprinkled with nursery rhymes and lullabies.
REVIEW: 1776 and Offline
Reading Time: 3 minutesZooNation Youth Company: 1776 and Offline performed on 28th June at the RBO’s Linbury Theatre. Next Generation Festival runs until 4th July 2026.
REVIEW: A Fine Idea
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Christine Bacon and inspired by Jason Hickel’s bestselling book ‘The Divide’, A Fine Idea the play sets itself an ambitious goal: to interrogate aid agencies in the battle against global inequality.
FEATURE: ‘Response: Movement Method’ in I Made You A Mixtape
Reading Time: 3 minutes. In Response Theatre Co’s new show I Made You a Mixtape, the goal is for the performers to focus on the immediate environment: music, scene partner, audience, mishaps, anything and everything that makes the moment a NOW.
REVIEW: Second Speaker
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecond Speaker, a new play by Nathan Chu, gradually opens out into an examination of the prison education system and the value of learning in environments designed for containment rather than growth.
REVIEW: Her and The Voice in Her Head
Reading Time: 2 minutesFuelled by spoken word and banter, Lorraine Adeyefa’s lively performance blends the playful and the painful, exposing the open wounds of a young Black woman’s search for love.
REVIEW: Short & Mighty
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn eclectic evening of bite-sized plays, ranging from delicious pieces to others still finding their flavour.