REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlabbergast Theatre’s production A Midsummer Night's Dream is, in the best sense, a farcical tale of fairy and mismatched love that a Victorian audience would expect.
Category Drama
REVIEW: Deaf as a Post
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Deaf as a Post”, premiering at the Barons Court Theatre, takes you into a near-future dystopia plagued by many of the problems we experience today, where zombie-like “Loopers” spread a manic panic through infectious clickbait ear-worms.
REVIEW: Long Day’s Journey into Night
Reading Time: 3 minutesO'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece is often seen not only a reflection of his own family, but a profound anatomy of human psyche, which was especially popular in the United States in the 20th century - when Sigmund Freud was as big both in literature and in modern clinic.
REVIEW: Direct From Graceland – Elvis
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhether you have a closet full of Elvis T-shirts or you just enjoy listening to his Christmas album every winter, the new Elvis exhibition at the Arches London Bridge is definitely not to be missed.
REVIEW: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreg Hicks stuns in The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Based on the myth of Utopia and the downfall of mankind, this tale explores human suffering, salvation, corruption, and the purpose of life.
REVIEW: Jungle Book
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the Aviva Studio, under the direction of Robert Wilson and accompanied by CocoRosie's music, "The Jungle Book" emerges as an avant-garde interpretation of the beloved tale, ostensibly crafted for children but delving into experimental theater realms.
REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlackeyed Theatre’s latest endeavour Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear has made its way to Southwark Playhouse Borough.
REVIEW: Don’t. Make. Tea
Reading Time: 2 minutesDon’t. Make. Tea. is a darkly funny performance, which pinpoints with ominous insight the attitudes of the state and society towards disabled people, and their experiences in trying to survive in the face of what often seems to be a heartless, anonymous bureaucracy.
REVIEW: Mary’s Daughters
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat did the great women of the past pass on to their daughters, more than appearance? In Mary Wollstonecraft’s case, it is intelligence, rebelliousness, and a penchant for poetic (read: flighty) men.
REVIEW: Maybe Dick
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile not nailing every step of the way, John Hewer definitely gives it a hell of a try in this comedic reiteration called “Maybe Dick”, performed at the White Bear Pub Theatre. The writer and star of the show takes us on a one-man voyage to do his version of Moby Dick, originally conceived by author Herman Melville, where multiple puns, mannerisms and body movements consume the evening.