REVIEW: Bad Immigrant
Reading Time: 3 minutesFunny, raw and unexpectedly uplifting, Bad Immigrant left me rolling out of the theatre feeling hopeful in a time that rarely is.
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REVIEW: Ohio at the Young Vic
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn emotional fusion of folk and feeling that blurs the line between concert and confession The tender emotions and story beats punctuating Ohio’s songs feel too raw and honest for a gig, yet its musical craft and time-spanning…
REVIEW: Bogotá at Sadler’s Wells
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Gritty and Chaotic Retelling of Colombia’s History. Kicking off the festivities of London’s Dance Umbrella Festival 2025 is a work from across the Atlantic. Bogotá, by Andrea Peña, promises to be a theatrical deep-dive into the…
REVIEW: Scenes from the Climate Era
Reading Time: 2 minutesVignettes across our current end-of-days. How can we exist in the era of climate disaster? How can we make a future for ourselves in the present when the damage is already done? “Scenes from the Climate Era”…
REVIEW: A Big Big Room Full of Everybody’s Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn experimental exploration of the trauma that bonds us, and the family that holds us
REVIEW: Lucy Pearman: Lunartic
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s optimistic and delightfully odd, it may not change your life but will definitely lift your spirits
REVIEW: Lee
Reading Time: 3 minutesPark Theatre has been transformed into a corner of a famous barn turned art studio that was once graced by two giants of American Abstract Expressionism. Cian Griffin’s play Lee sheds light on a previously shadowed Lee Krasner (1908-1984), otherwise known as Mrs Pollock.
REVIEW: Blessings
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlessings, written and directed by Sarah Shelton, is set in a small English town in 1969. It’s a time of huge social change, when younger generations are questioning whether the roles prescribed by the nuclear family really lead to happy lives.
REVIEW: Ghost Stories
Reading Time: 2 minutesGhost Stories at the Peacock Theatre delivers exactly what it promises on the tin: jolts, jumps, and plenty of shrieks designed to send your pulse soaring. And in that sense, it succeeds.
REVIEW: War Horse
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter what author Michael Morpurgo aptly termed a “pandemic pause,” War Horse has returned to the UK stage with renewed urgency and emotional relevance.