REVIEW: [Title of Show]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaking a musical is hard. Writing a successful one? Even harder. A lot of self-doubt, anxiety and inner battles can happen in that process. Is that interesting to watch, though?
Category ★★★½☆
REVIEW: Spent
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith alternating genders in each performance, SPENT asked how we perceive power, control and abuse through the prism of gender.
REVIEW: Blood Show
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In an ambitiously experimental piece, Blood Show demonstrates the multiplicity of theatre” Upon entering the Members Bar at Battersea Arts Centre, we are handed plastic ponchos — just in case we get splattered by (fake and washable)…
REVIEW: Macbeth
Reading Time: 3 minutesAttending Macbeth by Shakespeare in the Squares at the Actors’ Church felt like stepping into a reimagined world where tragedy meets humour head-on.
REVIEW: The Spectacular
Reading Time: 2 minutesNestled away from the harsh winter air, one finds themselves in a small, but vibrant venue filled with an eager anticipating audience, Irish accents, and mulled wine: everything required for a “Spectacular” evening.
REVIEW: The Axiom of Choice
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The Axiom of Choice was an entirelyenjoyable evening of theatre and something a little bit different.” “Did you assert your free will in your decision to come to our play?” The question that follows audience members throughout…
REVIEW: Stampin In the Graveyard
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In this production, which fuses technology with theatre in a wholly unanticipated manner, the end of the world is made into a tangible experience“ Rose is an AI chatbot, created to guide you through the end of…
REVIEW: Attempts on a Birch Tree
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a birch tree in Katie’s garden. It has been there since before she was born. This tree has seen her grow up. She has spoken to it, dressed it up in the winter, confessed her innermost thoughts to its tall, sender branches. Katie is in love with this tree. Like, actually in love with it.
REVIEW: Jamie Allen’s Amaze
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the stage set up as his attic room above the pub that his parents owned when he was a child, Jamie Allen packed away bits and pieces into boxes, reminiscing on how magic came into his life. It all started with the fisher price magic box and went on to involve all sorts of other books and toys. The first trick involved a Rubik’s cube, playing into the 80s theme and brought surprise and delight to all. Whilst Jamie Allen is a pleasant to watch, I felt this first trick could have had more excitement built up around it, to really entice the audience into the show. It was impressive to see, but I felt there could have been more done with music and staging to make it more shocking as magic is expected to be.
REVIEW: Run Rebel
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The play embraced culture and bravery and standing up for what you believe in” “Run Rebel” is a stage adaptation of the novel by Manjeet Mann, an actor, author and playwright. The play was performed by Pilot Theatre…