Tabitha James

Tabitha James

I’ve been in love with theatre for as long as I can remember but it was intensified when I joined Bedlam Theatre whilst at University of Edinburgh - the oldest student-run theatre in the UK. With an aversion to the spotlight I became involved in stage management and producing and then discovered reviewing. I’ve been reviewing for over six years now but am still delighted to be challenged and thrilled by shows at every viewing. When not working as a marketeer in my day job, I’m at home with my two demanding Siamese cats - more often than not knitting or with a glass of wine in hand.

REVIEW: Lulla

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Lulla, presented by Flaming Theatre, playwright Ben SantaMaria and director Martha J. Baldwin craft a world of surreal, nature-infused scenery, elevated through expressive physical storytelling and poetic language sprinkled with nursery rhymes and lullabies.

REVIEW: Waitress

Reading Time: 2 minutesEmpowering musical bringing a slice of pie and copious energy to the stage on tour Celebrating ten years since it first opened on Broadway, Waitress continues to prove why it has remained such a favourite with audiences. Based on…

REVIEW: Relics

Reading Time: 2 minutesA family drama interrogating the age-old question: which is more important – love or lucre? We all know someone, or someone who knows someone, who has become entangled in a clash over a will. There is the…

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Mollie Semple

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a critically acclaimed run at Theatre503, Good For Her! powers into The Other Palace for a hotly anticipated return to London. This sharp, subversive solo show from emerging writer-performer Mollie Semple (Dumping, Cockpit Theatre; Persephone, Brighton…