Reading Time: 2 minutesSardonic, Suspenseful, Surreal The Oxford Playhouse Ault Company (OPAC) found a truly fascinating piece to work with. The Oxford Playhouse was transformed as a venue from its usual proscenium arch into a traverse stage, offering an intriguing…
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the next hour and a half, playwright Sophie Swithinbank gives us cults, arson, serial murderers, pet rabbits, sexual violence, and anaphylaxis in her valiant effort to explore control.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLightweight at times but exciting and enjoyable Inspired by the life of netballing legend Tracey Neville, ‘The Other Neville’ is a fun and fast-paced piece, coming in at just over an hour. It really could have been…
Reading Time: 3 minutesHarmlessly jovial. Allegra will make you laugh (and occasionally cringe) “Some people do cocaine, I do cabaret. It’s odd that it’s the latter that offends people” is what Allegra declares in defence of her irrepressible urge to break…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecond Speaker, a new play by Nathan Chu, gradually opens out into an examination of the prison education system and the value of learning in environments designed for containment rather than growth.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDescribed as a Sunday Service of black queer excellence, Spirituals makes queerness holy through beautiful vocals and a strong stage presence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLights, narration, action! Cured premieres in the Liverpool Royal Court with a statement on misogyny that sets the tone for the rest of the show.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Albatross by Martha Loader, in the Menagerie Theatre Company’s production, the eponymous stuffed bird is a gift from Martin (Patrick Morris) to his new girlfriend Eve (Agnes Lillis), whose kitchen the play is set in.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA classic forbidden love story told through a blend of country folk songs and power-house rock anthems.