REVIEW: Before I’m Dead
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlending humour with emotional rawness, it’s clear why James Rushbrook’s script won the 2026 VCA Playwriting Award.
Ben Breen
Ben Breen is a teacher of Physics and Mathematics with a passion for theatre. He particularly enjoys chamber plays, drama, and comedy. His "happy place" is the National Theatre atrium.
REVIEW: zoë.exe
Reading Time: 2 minutesA biting comedy tackling big questions about artificial intelligence and humanity.
REVIEW: Cosmic UCL
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart of UCL200, the bicentennial celebrations of London’s oldest university, Cosmic UCL sets out to explore both the wonder of science, and UCL’s contribution to it.
REVIEW: Tr[ia]l
Reading Time: 3 minutesTr[ia]l. Waking up in a treatment room with a single camera and no memory of how she got there, Subject X is freaking out.
REVIEW: Invisible Me
Reading Time: 3 minutesA warm, moving account of being single in old age One in three UK divorces involve couples in their 50s and above, with over-50s the fastest-growing user base for dating apps like Tinder and Bumble. Invisible Me…
REVIEW: Sea Shanties
Reading Time: 2 minutesSea Shanties was a one-off performance at The Southbank Centre
REVIEW: The Murmuration of Starlings
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhatever its sci-fi thriller marketing might suggest, at its heart The Murmuration of Starlings is a gentle exploration of memory loss, with The Predator representing dementia’s creeping influence.
REVIEW:Josh Sharp: Ta-Da!
Reading Time: 2 minutesPowerPoint and storytelling combine in a masterclass of hilarity and precision 2000 slides, 75 minutes. US comic, actor and writer Josh Sharp has just 2.1 seconds per slide on average and, through fiercely intelligent construction and delightful…
REVIEW: Go Feral Like the Big Dogs
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn excoriating satire of graduate ambition and corporate greed Recent graduates Alex (Josh Gordon) and Rachel (Maddie Frutig) are fully immersed in the London rat-race, negotiating insurance deals from their high-rise offices. Alongside the early-morning tube journeys…
REVIEW: Pierre Novellie
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrecise observations, as funny as they are well constructed Pierre Novellie’s business suit and florid tie are incongruent with Soho Downstairs’ crammed-in seating and smell of stale beer. But this exceptionally well-pitched show is unimpeded, and delivers…