REVIEW: Gentlemen
Reading Time: 2 minutesGentlemen is a new play written by Matt Parvin and directed by Richard Speir. The show was originally intended to premiere in 2020, but with the world falling apart that obviously could not happen.
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REVIEW: The Changeling
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the spectre-filled month of October, Lazurus Theatre Company have brought The Changeling to the Southwark Playhouse.
REVIEW: Noises Off
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor 12 weeks only Noises Off promises easy laughter with a bold and witty meta farce The director shouts to hold, and we understand that we’re watching the dress rehearsal of the play ‘Nothing On’, and become…
REVIEW: Fell
Reading Time: 2 minutesA production lacking in surety which could do with more character definition Chris Salt’s new play Fell, with Edgeways Productions, presents the story of a Cumbrian schoolboy, outsider and Elvis Costello fan Lyle, who finds himself teaming up with…
REVIEW: Flowers for Mrs Harris
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot a masterful floral centrepiece, but a decent bouquet that most people would still be alright with Flowers for Mrs Harris is a new(ish) British musical based on the novel by Paul Gallico which was published in…
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim
Reading Time: 2 minutesA poignant exploration of the young Muslim experience & friendship at its purest form Kash and Mohsen are best friends. Always have been. And like many South Asian teenagers, they can’t swim. They were being taught English…
REVIEW: Kin
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnique, profound, and beautifully raw. An experience that will stay with you Kin at Oxford Playhouse is a unique show, performed in multiple languages, that moved most, if not all, of the audience in their own personal…
REVIEW: MÁM
Reading Time: 3 minutesMÁM shows just how transfixing the communion between movement and music can be Choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan, and produced by the dance company Teaċ Daṁsa, MÁM returns to Sadler’s Wells this month, an other-worldly exploration of human…
REVIEW: The King and I
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe King and I, a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that premiered on Broadway in March 1951, directed by Bartlett Sher is a fantastic addition to the show’s history.
REVIEW: Martha Pailing: Chat Shit, Get Hit
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tour de force of female rage and vulnerability Chat Shit, Get Hit. The title itself grabs the attention of the audience: a threat, a rhyme, a direct statement. I was certainly enticed. We enter into a…