REVIEW: She-Wolves
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBased on Helen Castor's Book/Series She-Wolves tells the story of powerful female monarchs of England.
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REVIEW: Period Dramas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHeather Milstead leads this storming cabaret with more facts about menstruation than you
can shake a stick at.
REVIEW: Jarman
Reading Time: 2 minutesA touching piece about what it means to choose to be a maverick rather than a conformist, Jarman—the vital story of the life of the eponymous film director, stage designer, author and gay rights activist—is a perfect fit for the theatre’s Boys! Boys! Boys! season.
REVIEW: Bloody Difficult Women
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBloody Difficult Women is the new play from Tim Walker directed by Stephen Unwin showing at Assembly Ballroom this August. The show follows the lead up and events during Gina Miller's case against the government.
REVIEW: Quentin Crisp
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuentin Crisp: Naked Hope is a 1 man show depicting Quentin Crisp at two points in his life.
REVIEW: Monster
Reading Time: 3 minutesHard to watch at times, Monster touches upon the themes of guilt, growth, grief and redemption. This thought-provoking watch explores a horrific act of violence from both the perpetrators side and the victims and questions the human species capacity to forgive and change.
REVIEW: Grubby Little Mitts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrubby Little Mitts directed by Jon Gracey running at Assembly, this Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, is full of unexpected takes and weirdly wonderful quirks.
REVIEW: The Tempest
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Tempest is a play that can be taken either way, but Sean Holmes’s staging leans firmly in to the comedy—and it’s a hoot. Huge yellow crates, plentiful rubber ducks, and Ibiza-stag-do vibes abound in this colourful production which plays to the crowd with the joy and aptitude one expects from a Globe ensemble. The moments of playfulness, silliness, and superb ad-libbing are hilarious and feel as if they were discovered organically in what I can only assume was a delightful rehearsal process.
REVIEW: Fat Blokes
Reading Time: 2 minutesFat Blokes brought the fat rebellion to the Oxford Playhouse on Friday 29th July and it was greeted with cheers and applause for the ringleaders of this revolution.
REVIEW: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a classic tale, packed with theological themes and full of wonder. Here, however, it falls a little flat.