REVIEW: Gang Bang
Reading Time: 2 minutesTransferring from the Edinburgh Fringe, this three-hander plays fast and loose with its pastiche and homage to mobster films and northern references.
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REVIEW: Figures In Extinction
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ll be honest, I didn’t know much about Crystal Pite or Simon McBurney before this, but Figures in Extinction at Aviva Studios was something else. It wasn’t just a dance show—it was an experience, the kind that settles in your chest and stays with you long after you’ve left.
REVIEW: Kenrex
Reading Time: 3 minutesPress Night for Kenrex, written and performed by Jack Holden, was received with rapturous cheers and applause, not to mention a standing ovation – although these are handed out so frequently nowadays, they signify little.
REVIEW: A Man for All Seasons
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTheatre Royal Bath productions and Jonathan Church Theatre productions of A Man for All Seasons is a thought-provoking, impeccably staged triumph.
REVIEW: Funeral Sandwiches
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Funeral Sandwiches’ is simultaneously rich enough that you are surprised it is only an hour long, yet so economical and well paced that the running time felt just right. This punchy inaugural work by Wrong’Un Theatre filled Drayton Arms Theatre with nostalgia, joy and a nuanced understanding of family dynamics.
REVIEW: (the) Woman
Reading Time: 2 minutes(the) Woman is a play by Jane Upton, produced by New Perspectives and Royal & Derngate, Northampton. It depicts the challenges new mothers face in regaining their sense of self.
REVIEW: Riders to the Sea
Reading Time: 2 minutesHalfway through their tour across England, OperaUpClose’s newest production arrives in London, transporting us from the city to rugged coasts in Riders to the Sea. Based on Irish playwright J.M. Synge’s drama of the same name, this production is spun from a period tragedy into a modern study on trauma, with middling results.
REVIEW: Mary, Queen of Scots
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat if Mary, Queen of Scots got lost at TRNSMT Festival with some local farmers? I find myself asking this question during Act II of Mary, Queen of Scots at the London Coliseum.
REVIEW: Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter winning numerous awards throughout his seasoned career, Jordan Brookes has brought his acclaimed comedy-musical adaptation of “Fontanelle” to London.
REVIEW: Before I Die
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone in theatre has a list of parts they want to play before they die. Kira Gaudynski and Kelsey Marlowe Jessup took their lists and rolled them into one evening of song.