Category New writing

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Becky Bond

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn their second year at university, five friends share a home, certain that their bond is unshakable. But when someone is accused of rape, the group’s foundations begin to fracture - trust erodes, loyalties shift, and the truth becomes increasingly elusive. Disposable is both urgent and unflinching. We sat down with Becky Bond to discuss their upcoming production.

Disposable runs at the Union Theatre 4th - 9th November. Tickets are available here.

REVIEW: Conspiracy

Reading Time: 2 minutesTo celebrate the spookiest month of the year there is a fringe festival in London called GrimFest. It runs throughout October and celebrates dark and twisted theatre in the piercing heart of London. Barons Court Theatre has joined forces with Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington and Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham to produce the largest edition of GrimFest yet.

Review: Folklorica – A Luminous Latin Fairytale with Grit and Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutesFolklorica, produced by Climate Action Productions, is a powerful and imaginative tale that blends magical realism with urgent social commentary. Written, directed, and produced by Jade Alvara, the play reimagines the Latina fairytale through the lens of environmentalism, class struggle, and feminism.

REVIEW: Spirit Guides and Shit Eaters

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was a privilege to attend the Camden People’s Theatre to review Linsey Watkin’s Spirit guides and Shit Eaters, a beautifully written two-hander that captivated its audience with witty dialogue, philosophical musings, and emotionally stirring performances given by Lucy Buncombe and Kieran Robson. 

REVIEW: The Unbelievers

Photo: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor your child to go missing - and then stay missing - is every parent’s worst nightmare. Nick Payne’s The Unbelievers tackles this knotty issue head-on, capturing a family trying to survive in the shadow of such a gaping loss. Scenes ricochet through a non-linear timeline, and occasionally bleed into one another, capturing moments from the week of Oscar’s disappearance, its one-year anniversary, and then seven years since going missing.

REVIEW: Skeleton

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the leaves start to change colour and crunch underfoot, we have finally entered ‘spooky season’–when many of us seek out an extra thrill or two as the long nights draw in. Writer and performer Lucy Spreckley’s new horror play, Skeleton, draws audiences into a complex web of memories, half-truths, and delusions.