REVIEW: Hatch and Scratch
Reading Time: 3 minutesA monthly new writing night curated and produced by Pathway Theatre, showcasing new writing by a selection of resident and guest writers at Riverside Studios.
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: Outpatient
Reading Time: 2 minutesSelf-absorbed journalist Olive has just managed to get a story commissioned, covering how people feel about death, when she finds herself diagnosed with a rare, progressive and incurable liver disease.
REVIEW: Positive
Reading Time: 2 minutesVisual Sauce’s Positive follows long-time friends Malachai (Malachai Antonio) and Ade (Kojo Quainoo) as they navigate the twists and turns of the UK queer scene and their own friendship.
REVIEW: Conversations After Sex
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulian Moore-Cook impresses as the many faces of post-coital vulnerability Conversations After Sex opens with full-frontal nudity: a man searching for his pants while the other half of his one-night stand reclines in bed. This in-your-face opening…
REVIEW: The Practice
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Practice opens with an inspirational speech: “you have the power to make yourself up”.
REVIEW: Jab
Reading Time: 2 minutesA dysfunctional relationship falls apart during the COVID lockdowns
REVIEW: Double Act
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a twisted yet surprisingly warm comedy, culminating in a delightfully dramatic final scene that has the audience gripped.
REVIEW: Trestle
Reading Time: 2 minutesPropelled by Jilly Bond and Timothy Harker’s charm and chemistry, Trestle is a highly watchable, warm and intimate bottling of just how powerful friendship can be.
REVIEW: Mrs. President
Reading Time: 2 minutesA sympathetic portrait of a difficult woman If you’ve heard of Mary Todd Lincoln, it’s probably as the “insane” first lady whose own son committed her to an asylum. Whilst her husband, the sixteenth President of the…
REVIEW: Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdorably spiky, wonderfully absurd, well-crafted comedy