REVIEW: What is Love to a Goddess
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is love to a Goddess? is a work in progress solo-show based on the Greek mythical story of Madea and Jason performed and written by Maz Hedgehog.
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REVIEW: Into The Woods
Reading Time: 3 minutesInto the Woods was brought to the Oxford Playhouse by University of Oxford student company Peach Productions. It provided a wonderfully chaotic storyline with a heap of fairytale references and a surprising but enjoyable mix of humour, emotion and darkness.
REVIEW: Posh Girls
Reading Time: 2 minutesPosh Girls is a two-hander play about two ex-best friends, Alex and Hermione, who meet unexpectedly in the waiting room for therapy a decade after their friendship acrimoniously ended.
REVIEW: The Gift
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gift, written by Dave Florez, is a delightfully humorous play that offers a lighthearted take on the whodunit-esque variety of theatre.
REVIEW: Pass the Parcel
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome plays make you laugh, some plays make you cry – Pass The Parcel does both, often within the same breath. Sarah Whitehead’s beautifully crafted play is a heartfelt, funny, and deeply moving exploration of family, loss, and the memories that shape us.
REVIEW: The Double Act
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn a dark and stormy night in Dalston, The Double Act transported critics and theater goers to a storm laden “maisonette” where old comedy-partners, Billy and Cliff, reunite, and their ghosts come back to bite them. This new work at the Arcola Theatre is doubly hilarious and horrifying: a must see for satire enthusiasts.
REVIEW: Hairspray
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe King’s Theatre in Glasgow came alive with the infectious energy of Hairspray, the beloved musical that takes audiences on a whirlwind journey of love, acceptance, and standing up for what’s right. Directed by Paul Kerryson and Brenda Edwards with flair and bursting with talent, this production deserves nothing less than a standing ovation.
REVIEW: Fever Peach’s Blue
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy introduction to this Scottish band was simultaneously exactly and nothing like what I imagined it would be. Fever Peach’s ‘Blue’ features six post-punk comedy songs ranging from the absurdly contemplative to the fabulously nonsensical. Scott Redmond’s lyrics don’t disappoint once throughout, and the whole album can only be described as having a surreal quality that very few albums have captured before.
REVIEW: Under the Table
Reading Time: 2 minutesBringing taboo topics to light, perpetrators of harm to shame, and a voice to all those hidden in the shadows Sex. Politics. Money. Religion. These are the hot topics and yet taboo, all of us eager to…
REVIEW: We Will Hear The Angels
Reading Time: 2 minutesHeartbreak is universal The tagline for Magnetic North’s multimedia production of We Will Hear The Angels is “what happens when all you want to do is sing the blues and someone hands you a microphone?” but this…