Reading Time: 3 minutesA powerful, largely overlooked story of Irish gay community and chosen family in the AIDS crisis, undercut by weak, unfocused direction. There have been many plays and musicals exploring the harrowing years of the AIDS crisis in…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSilence and contained chaos—scraps of paper tossed haphazardly into cardboard boxes surrounding a few stools and a wooden table—await the audience of this Camden Fringe premiere of Skinned.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning character comedians and IRL Sisters, Maddy and Marina Bye (Byes), are back.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmerica at war. Cracks showing within the Presidential cabinet. Families divided. A familiar scene is set before us, as we enter the world of 1864 Civil War America. Lincoln is at the helm and his Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase is gunning for his seat with his daughter Kate acting the driving force behind the scenes. The ‘most celebrated yet overlooked women of 19th-century America,’ as Our American Queen champions her.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile Isabel Renner’s 70 minute one-woman show about breaking out of her Shy Girl mode lacks consistent plot beats, it contains an entertaining array of quirky characters and excellent design elements
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor any Shakespeare enthusiast, the piece may spark memories of their own first encounters with the Bard. Loughlin scatters recognisable speeches from The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and of course Romeo and Juliet throughout the show, offering both familiar pleasures and a few surprising facts about this enduring literary conspiracy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTen years after its critically acclaimed premiere at the Park Theatre, Andrew Keatley’s The Gathered Leaves makes a dazzling return to north London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA modernized rom-com-pera by Baseless Fabric Theatre, Elixir of Love (Reimagined), gives audiences a swift and energizing performance, though occasionally camp in its updated contemporary references.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA wittily woven tale of displacement and loneliness ‘A woman holding onto a tree’ – or in reality a dead potted plant. The silent image greets audiences as they file into the basement space at Baron’s Court…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Company of Trees, written by Jane Bodie, digs into the harsh realities of high school drama.