REVIEW: 1.17am, or until the words run out
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Zoe Hunter Gordon and directed by Sarah Stacey, 1.17am or until the words run out is an intimate depiction of grief and friendship that eventually packs a punch.
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REVIEW: After Miss Julie
Reading Time: 3 minutesPatrick Merber’s After Miss Julie reimagines August Strindberg's classic tragedy on the eve of Britain’s 1945 election. With mass welfare reforms on the horizon, including the founding of the NHS, the story looks to interrogate the class structures of its time in light of this.
REVIEW: Who Let The God’s Out?
Reading Time: 2 minutesTargeted at children ages 7-11, Who Let The God’s Out? takes one of the beloved books from Max Evans’ series about young boy Elliot who needs to save the world and save his mum, and turns it into a welcoming theatre production.
REVIEW: Dreamscape
Reading Time: 2 minutesDreamscape arrives with the weight of real history and the urgency of lived experience. Blending hip-hop aesthetics with documentary truth, the production refuses the comfort of distance, instead pulling the audience into an intimate, unsettling reckoning with a life cut short and the systems that enabled it.
REVIEW: The Shitheads
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat was life like in 50,000 BC? This is what Jack Nicholls imagines in his debut play The Shitheads. Discovered through the Royal Court’s Open Submissions scheme, this play honours the 70-year history of the Royal Court Theatre in supporting new writing.
REVIEW: I’m Sorry, Prime Minister
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a product of Thatcher Britain, Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister, although set at No. 10 Downing Street, remains relatively apolitical in its aesthetics and taste: intellectually refined, subtle, restrained and slightly cynical.
REVIEW: Neave Trio
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Kings Place’s Hall One, the Grammy-nominated Neave Trio (Anna Williams on violin, Mikhail Veselov on cello, and Eri Nakamura on piano) presented an intimate journey of music through memory, love and loss.
REVIEW: The Great Wave
Reading Time: 3 minutesNamed after the artwork, The Great Wave is an opera about its creator, Katsushika Hokusai.
REVIEW: Auntie Empire
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking into the space of Auntie Empire, you are welcomed by Auntie, an over the top clownish personification of the empire. The set and costume evoke a traditional ideal of Britishness: tea caddy, sugar cube earrings and a regality that can only be described as British.
REVIEW: Peaceful Hour 2
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s nothing “peaceful” about a Scouse wedding eve, and The Peaceful Hour 2 at Liverpool’s Royal Court leans into that chaos with glee. The result: a live-action sitcom- loud, daft, surprisingly tender in places, and powered by an 80s playlist that could almost carry the night on its own.