Category political

★★★☆☆, Immersive, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: NEST

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn interesting display of talent, creativity, and commitment was showcased by the National Youth Theatre in a production of NEST, which occurred in a 355-hectare nature park. The story takes place in the year 2050, on the grounds of St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park in Leeds, where climate change has had disastrous consequences for the flora and fauna of our planet. As a result, bird watchers have no birds to watch, politicians are committed to the idea of net 0, and people are considering flying to Mars as a way to save themselves.

Maria Mădălina Ifrim
September 7, 2023

★★★☆☆, Comedy, political, Review, Satire, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Word-Play

Reading Time: 2 minutesWord-Play has a lot to say about the impact of language and, for the most part, succeeds in not only helping the audience see its effect but feel it, too—all the while skewering those types of people we know well.

Jason Showdie
August 12, 2023

★★★★☆, Comedy, Comedy, Music, political, Review, Satire, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s hard to find a starting sentence that quite sums up the experience of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical. Spawned from the well loved satirical TV first aired in the 80’s the show takes all the well known political and celebrities pundits of our generation and throws them into this circus.

Natalie Goring
June 15, 2023

★★☆☆☆, Drama, History, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Taking It Back

Reading Time: 2 minutesTaking It Back, writen by Dijah-Zahra, was a very relevant play about the appropriation of African culture by European countries and tackles the artefacts that, despite numerous appeals and negotiations, remain on British soil.

Beatriz Do O
June 6, 2023

★★★★☆, Drama, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Cell Outs

Reading Time: 4 minutesPrison chatter, the sound of officers communicating via their radios and cell doors closing rings through the speakers. Troup and Church seem bored or fed-up, but begrudgingly scan the audience as if we are the prisoners that they just need to watch over for a few more minutes before finally getting to clock-out after a long shift.

Stephen Alexander
May 17, 2023

★★★★★, Drama, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy

Reading Time: 2 minutesRyan Calais Cameron's For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy hits the West End after its journey from the fringe New Diorama Theatre and a sold-out run at the Royal Court.

Alexander Pearn
April 4, 2023

★★★★☆, Drama, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Noughts and Crosses

Reading Time: 2 minutesPilot Theatre has brought the acclaimed novel, Noughts and Crosses, from Malorie Blackman to stage, adapted by the talented Sabrina Mahfouz.

ayoungishperspective1
March 15, 2023

Autobiographical, ★★★★★, History, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Baghdaddy

Reading Time: 2 minutesBaghdaddy is the debut play of Jasmine Naziha Jones, also playing its lead Darlee, with direction from Royal Court stalwart Millie Bhatia. It centres on British-Iraqi Darlee, piecing back fragments of her relationship with her father throughout the lead up to Britain's invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Alex Ansdell
November 27, 2022

★★★★☆, Drama, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Unknown

Reading Time: 2 minutesUnknown from Dougie Blaxland is an intimate and challenging look at homelessness which hits home hard.

Natalie Goring
October 24, 2022

★★★★☆, History, political, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

Review: Blues For An Alabama Sky

Reading Time: 2 minutesBlues for an Alabama Sky is an elegy for the lost potentiality of liberation in the Harlem Renaissance and yet a celebration of its vivaciousness.

Stanley Lawson
October 19, 2022