REVIEW: The Switchboard Project at Hope Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesa heartfelt archive theatre
Category Drama
REVIEW: Lavender
Reading Time: 2 minutesLavender is arguably a relatable play - many of us have either experienced cancer, or are close with someone who has.
REVIEW: The Gathered Leaves
Reading Time: 3 minutesTen years after its critically acclaimed premiere at the Park Theatre, Andrew Keatley’s The Gathered Leaves makes a dazzling return to north London.
REVIEW: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe room above the Lion and Unicorn in Kentish Town is an unlikely place for a Shakespearean mailroom, yet it was a welcome surprise to see Don’t Shoot the Messenger on a buzzing Saturday night. I caught the final night of this production, as part of the ongoing Camden Fringe, and left feeling entertained but ultimately confused.
REVIEW: Fickle Eulogy
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing thrown back into the world of the pandemic strikes a chord with audiences; it divides and unites, allowing singular audience members to be struck with uncomfortable memories, creating distance in the room, and also allowing sympathy to arise from the deepest part of the mind.
REVIEW: The Addams Family
Reading Time: 2 minutesStarring Alexandra Burke as Morticia, Lesley Joseph as Grandma, Clive Rowe as Uncle Fester and Ricardo Afonso as Gomez, everyone’s favourite kooky family are back on stage this summer in THE ADDAMS FAMILY.
FEATURE: WIP Emotional Gangbang
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday night, I attended a viewing of the work-in-progress play Emotional Gangbang. Featuring French, queer LAMDA graduate Roy Mas, the story follows a queer performer who is riddled by flashbacks and hallucinations as they strive to deliver the performance of a lifetime.
REVIEW: Float
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloat, from F-Bomb Theatre, is an autobiographical play from writer and performer Indra Wilson, enveloping the topic of pregnancy loss in a tale of an astronaut, whose solo mission is not one destined for success.
REVIEW: Sauna Boy
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Sauna Boy” is a bold and engaging one-man show that explores queer identity, sex, and survival through the lens of a young gay man working in a London sauna. Danny Boy, a struggling actor turned sauna manager, guides the audience through his unexpected workplace journey with humour, honesty, and emotional depth.
REVIEW: Bound By The Wind
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlending video games and theatre with a script heavy on feminist and discourse, Bound by the Wind is a deeply ambitious production that strike serious questions of freedom, authorship, and mythic identity.