Reading Time: 2 minutesAn atmospheric modern gothic thriller, oozing technical brilliance and spectacular performances. What makes a good ghost story? Magical realism? An eldritch horror? Supernatural revenge? For writer Time Foley, it’s a moody, brooding botanical terror set in a…
Reading Time: 2 minutesShenoah Allen really understands his audience. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Brits love an eccentric underdog. Unlike the Americans who love a cocky winner, we love to root for the less-egregious, the self-deprecating, the weird.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Strike up the band and bring your date- classical music has never felt so sumptuous” There’s nowhere on Earth like Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. A Soho institution made of infinite class and talent. On a nondescript “Blue…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimple and small scale, Cosi’s female trio pack a performance punch Così Fan Tutte is not a modern tale. Full of sexist tropes aplenty, its simple plot explores how foolish men can be, though their stupidity is…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNaturally, this isn’t actually a play about football at all. A season ticket to Newcastle United is merely the mechanism to show our two protagonists struggle through the bleak reality of being Geordie.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA festive dopamine hit to the eardrums, pulling out all the stops this Christmas Anna Lapwood has such golden retriever energy. As popular in the social media arena as she is in real life, she returns to…
Reading Time: 3 minutesPresented by Harry Christophers’ The Sixteen, comprising of a sensational chamber choir and orchestra with several soloists, Messiah is less a linear narrative and more a sonic adoration of The Lord.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“More cerebral than visceral, the performances and visuals elevate a promising script that builds up to an unsatisfying climax.” This is not a play about porn. This is a play about addiction, grief and misogyny. Ani (played…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Spettacolare e inquietante: una masterclass di recitazione italiana.Spectacular and haunting: a masterclass in Italian performance.” Having read the English translation ahead of time, I was actually worried. The script felt more like a gender bent American Psycho…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This visually striking play explores the bleak reality of pyromania, and the complex burden of familial duty in a slow-burn setting” A comically unsettling atmosphere was instantly created in the pre show- retro songs referencing the use…