REVIEW: 2:22 A Ghost Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesA gripping ghost story stained by a calamitous ending
John Richardson
REVIEW: Jessica Durand: Over The Top
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the top on one hand is a story about WW1, the brutality soldiers faced in grim impossibly large and slow battlefields resembling hell. On the other hand it’s a really really really funny and camp self-insert fan faction story about Jessica Durand finding her kinky lover Ms Trunchball (yes from Matilda), featuring the characters of Downtown Abbey, Kermit the Frog and more.
REVIEW: Leglock
Reading Time: 2 minutesLeglock is a powerful rumination on the search for identity and belonging in working class Britain.
REVIEW: Static Lives
Reading Time: 3 minutesBetween social media, the internet, we live in an age where information is distributed more than ever. Everyday we have instant communication with loved ones, communities, and every horror present in the world
REVIEW: Antigone
Reading Time: 2 minutesDripping with atmosphere, acting that grips you, and a story that lingers for days, Antigone is oustanding in every aspect. Gripping, haunting, tense, tragic. All words that you could use to describe Antigone. The brilliant production of…
REVIEW: Brainrot
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrainrot is a comedy hoping to satirise the attention economy and humanity ever growing dependence on algorithms, AI and “smart” technology.
REVIEW: Chickadee
Reading Time: 2 minutesA charming play about keeping your clown alive and battling for your identity Chickadee is a manic, lovable play about family, dreams, women’s sexuality and the importance of keeping your inner clown alive. The story of a…
REVIEW: My Name is Rachel Corrie
Reading Time: 3 minutesCuts straight through to your soul, immortalising the words of Rachel Corrie and what she died dreaming for
REVIEW: Enough
Reading Time: 2 minutesA moving character study on the futility of invidualism Enough is suffocating in it’s portrayal of the battle of individuals against a system. We first are greeted by the friendly chatter of two policemen on their tea…
REVIEW: Faustine: A Dissertation. A Confession. A Mental Breakdown
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll bark and no bite, risky but predicatable A musical spiral into madness as an PhD student makes a deal with the devil for ground academic success, sounds like a chaotic, exciting and horrifying examination of academic…