REVIEW: 1984
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt's impossible not to think of current political turmoil when these words are sung around you and, as always, Orwell's 1984 remains a sharp needle to dissect modern issues with.
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REVIEW: Treason
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis October, Edinburgh has been abuzz with the exciting arrival of a world premiere!
REVIEW: We are Monsters X Glass
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe two new plays by Joseph Ryan Hughes and Connor McCrory are connected through the themes of murder.
REVIEW: Heads or Tales?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDressed in spider webs and spooky lighting, The London Irish Centre welcomes Slàinte! Theatre’s Halloween scratch night.
REVIEW: Influence
Reading Time: 2 minutesInfluence by the Stockroom Productions and playing at the brand new Collective theatre until 2nd December sees Kit Young (well known for his role in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone) enter the stage as the Magician.
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have never been made so acutely aware, in less than 80 minutes, of the fears that haunt the British white middle class.
REVIEW: Moorcroft
Reading Time: 3 minutesInspired by true stories, Moorcroft, a Tron Theatre Production in association with National Theatre of Scotland performed at the Traverse Theatre, was a dynamic and sobering show.
REVIEW: Boy Parts
Reading Time: 3 minutesEliza Clark's novel "Boy Parts" has been adapted for the stage, offering a darkly comic critique of gender power dynamics in the 21st century. The show examines the challenge of inverting the male gaze, using the character of Irina Sturges, a strong female protagonist who exploits men for her art. Despite its exploration of female agency and critique of contemporary media, the play's portrayal of gender dynamics falls short of being revolutionary or effectively challenging the imbalance of the male gaze.
REVIEW: Constellations
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes’.
REVIEW: Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe week before Halloween is a wonderfully atmospheric time for the Liverpool Playhouse theatre to host Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula written by Mona Pearson and directed by Sally Cookson.