Reading Time: 2 minutesPrecise observations, as funny as they are well constructed Pierre Novellie’s business suit and florid tie are incongruent with Soho Downstairs’ crammed-in seating and smell of stale beer. But this exceptionally well-pitched show is unimpeded, and delivers…
Reading Time: 2 minutesStripped back yet emotionally expansive, Nowhere is an impassioned exploration of exile, resistance, and shared humanity. Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere, currently playing at the Oxford Playhouse, is an intense and deeply affecting piece of theatre that uses space, light, and the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA visually stunning, ensemble-driven physical-theatre piece where “brides” become a darkly funny machine for belonging. Physical theatre company Gecko mark their 25th anniversary with a restaging of their 2017 production The Wedding, debuting at Sadler’s Wells East…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn assured and thoughtful new musical that succeeds not by reinventing its story, but by choosing carefully where to stand within it. Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse Borough is an assured and thoughtful new musical that…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimple and small scale, Cosi’s female trio pack a performance punch Così Fan Tutte is not a modern tale. Full of sexist tropes aplenty, its simple plot explores how foolish men can be, though their stupidity is…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA devastating drama on the agony of choice A 95-minute emotional whirlwind Guess How Much I Love You? Never slows down. The opening production of Royal Court’s 70th Anniversary Season, artistic director David Byrne wanted to begin the year…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA smart, silly satire exposing how women contribute to upholding the patriarchy ROTUS is a one-woman show about Chastity Quirke, a stereotypical ‘dumb blonde’ Republican who lands herself the position of the White House receptionist. Desperate for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesCambridge University’s most prestigious theatre company The Marlowe Society return to The Arts Theatre with a brand-new retelling of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart of FreshFest (The Old Red Lion Theatre’s 4th-year-running festival that celebrates new writing) Ché Tligui’s Concrete had only been previously exhibited at twenty minute scratch nights.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorth the schlep Deb Filler’s latest one-woman show is both uplifting and brilliantly executed. I walked home with an extra spring in my step, despite the January blues. In Cohen, Bernstein, Joni & Me, Filler takes to…