REVIEW: Laughing Matters
Reading Time: 2 minutesLaughing Matters plays at The Canal Cafe Theatre until Sunday 1 March 2026
Category ★★★☆☆
REVIEW: Imitating the Dog: War of the Worlds
Reading Time: 2 minutesUsing miniature environments, model worlds, camera tricks, and projection, imitating the dog mix the live and the recorded, the animate and the inanimate to create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’ classic novel.
Following their acclaimed adaptations of literary classics Heart of Darkness (2018), Dracula (2021), Macbeth (2023) and Frankenstein (2024), “multimedia daredevils” imitating the dog push their inventive storytelling to new heights
REVIEW: Gannet
Reading Time: 2 minutes Described as a black comedy “for anyone who has ever struggled to fit in”, Gannet is a part clowning, part monologue piece in which performer/writer Daisy Day, alongside co-writer/director Peggy Pollard, weave a meandering and hilariously convoluted tale of a young bird struggling to make his way in the world.
REVIEW: Siblings: Dreamweavers
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning character comedians and IRL Sisters, Maddy and Marina Bye (Byes), are back.
REVIEW: The Opposite of Distance
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs soon as the performers in The Opposite Of Distance at Playhouse Easthad taken their final bows, they addressed the audience directly. The show, they explained, is in development and they would be grateful for any audience feedback.
REVIEW: Swans Are F****** Arseholes
Reading Time: 3 minutesSwans Are F****** Arseholes at the Canal Cafe Theatre, directed by Freja Gift, begins with a strong opening monologue.
REVIEW: What I’d Be
Reading Time: 3 minutes A showcase for two finely tuned performances and a thoughtful exploration of sisterhood under strain In the intimate upstairs room of the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley, What I’d Be sets itself a deceptively simple task. Written…
REVIEW: Ballet Icons Gala
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnniversary galas should invite reflection, or at least a vague sense of what has come before. The 20th anniversary Ballet Icons Gala, however, felt curiously unstructured: a sequence of celebrated pas de deux and contemporary fragments assembled without a clear thematic thread.
REVIEW: BORDERS: Digital, Political, Emotional
Reading Time: 2 minutesMeteatra’s debut, BORDERS: Digital, Political, Emotional at the Arcola Theatre, is an ambitious and promising first outing, aiming to bridge London and Istanbul through six short plays by competition winners Aine King, Andrew Lawston, Banu Şenel, Salman Siddiqi, Erdoğan Soytürk, and Tamara von Werthern.
REVIEW: Learning to Dive
Reading Time: 2 minutesA gentle story of love and loss, heartfelt but uneven at times At its heart, this is a sweet and touching play about love, grief, and the long-lasting consequences of secrecy. The concept is simple but effective:…