REVIEW: Deliver Us From Evil
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeliver Us From Evil trades the familiar horrors of the American witch trials for England's own blood-soaked history, plunging us into the brutal witch hunts of 17th-century Essex.
Category ★★★☆☆
REVIEW: Am I Losing My Mind or Just My Figure??
Reading Time: 2 minutesFin is a courier by day, an illustrator by ambition and permanently one bad shift away from admitting neither is working out. She's a protagonist engineered to represent an entire generation's inability to hit any of the milestones it was promised in career, relationship or a deposit on a flat. Between the gig economy grind, the on-off boyfriend and the Catholic parents bracing for news they don't want, the premise is the familiarity of overhearing a friendgroup's chat.
REVIEW: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Reading Time: 3 minutesLove's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's least frequently staged comedies, but it is an undervalued, entertaining piece of work.
REVIEW: Our Man in Havana
Reading Time: 2 minutesA dizzying and twisting plot that will leave you pondering The plot for Our Man in Havana is a bold one for four actors to take on, and you can see the work they put in to…
REVIEW: Transit
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs someone who has lived in the UK for more than ten years but is still unable to obtain her permanent residence, I have complex feelings about Transit. On one hand, I do resonate with its painful stories of trying to ‘settle down in the UK’, and the enormous cost and devotion it demands. On the other hand however, precisely because of that resonation, this theatrical performance leaves me an impression of simply being grumpy and sulky.
REVIEW: How To Make Art That Brings Housing Justice
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow To Make Art That Brings Housing Justice invites its audience to consider the nuances of community, activism, and, of course, housing justice. It’s hard to describe How To Make Art That Brings Housing Justice. It’s more…
REVIEW: Dystopia 26: The Rock Opera
Reading Time: 2 minutesImperfect, but undeniably passionate in what it wants to say. Political satire has rarely felt more relevant, but making it sing, quite literally, is another challenge altogether. Dystopia 26, the latest creation from Justin Skelton, arrives in…
REVIEW: Here Comes J. Edgar
Reading Time: 2 minutesA vibrant and polished biography that offers a great deal of fun. The life of J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial, deeply flawed, and arguably villainous architect of the modern FBI, might not seem like the most obvious…
REVIEW: In Good Conscience
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Good Conscience is the latest production from Red Light Theatre. Co-created by Barbara Diesel and Oli Wyatt, who also perform as Phoebe and Elliot, the play explores protest, civil liberties and the emotional toll that comes with standing up for what you believe in.
REVIEW: A Fire Inside Her
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn at the Rosemary Branch Theatre: four monologues from four recent graduates of East 15’s MA Acting Program.