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★★★★☆, Opera, Review, Star Rating

REVIEW: L’incoronazione di Poppea

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdapted for the Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Festival, Marcio De Silva’s production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea is a dark and sensual delight.

Rachel Wood
July 28, 2022

★★★★½, Drama, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Chasing Hares

Reading Time: 3 minutesChasing Hares expertly captures the ongoing struggle against neo-liberalism and capitalism which stems across time and space.

geegeevonb
July 28, 2022

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

Reading Time: 3 minutesFreud’s Last Session promises debates on love, sex, and religion, and it certainly delivers - with more besides. Mark St. Germain’s writing, complemented by Peter Darney’s direction, weaves smartly through each new subject so that you only realise you’re somewhere new once you’re already there.

Jason Showdie
July 17, 2022

★★★☆☆, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Hungry @ Soho Theatre

Hungry by Chris Bush Paines Plough Soho Theatre Upstairs 12th July 2022 CAST Lori - Eleanor Sutton Bex - Melissa Lowe CREATIVES Writer Chris Bush Director Katie Posner Set and Costume Designer Lydia Denno Lighting Designer Rajiv Pattani Assistant Director Amber Sinclair-Case Sound Designer Kieran Lucas Stage Manager Roni Neale Casting Jacob Sparrow Movement Director (Roundabout 2021) Kloe Dean Lighting Designer (Roundabout 2021) Richard Howell Assistant Director (Roundabout 2021) Kaleya Baxe Dramaturg (Roundabout 2021) Sarah Dickenson Costume Supervisor (Roundabout 2021) Rhiannon Hawthorn Movement Support (Roundabout 2021) Esme Benjamin Lighting Programmer & Associate Lighting Designer (Roundabout 2021) Sam Ohlsson Company Stage Manager (Roundabout 2021) Aime Neeme Technical Stage Manager (Roundabout 2021) Benjamin Smith Technical Stage Manager (Roundabout 2021) Philip Thackray Rehearsal Stage Manager (Roundabout 2021) Ruth Porter ©The Other Richard

Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Hungry’, is advertised as being a “blisteringly funny play about what we eat and who we love, exploring class, queerness, cultural appropriation and the cost of gentrification”, it is fair to say the topics of food and class were investigated at length.

Ketorah Williams
July 16, 2022

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

Peaky Blinders: The Rise at The Garrison, Camden Stables Market

Reading Time: 3 minutesImmersive Everywhere’s new show Peaky Blinders: The Rise, directed by Tom Maller and written by Katie Lyons, is housed in a converted horse hospital in the heart of Camden Stables Market.

Alex Ansdell
July 14, 2022

★★★½☆, Festivals, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Wildcat’s Last Waltz

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wildcat of Sheffield is definitely what she says on the tin. Directed by Kelly Hunter, this immersive monologue takes on a story of life, love and loss.

Natalie Goring
July 8, 2022

Review, Star Rating, Theatre

HIGHLIGHT: Bitesize Festival runs at Riverside Studios

Reading Time: < 1 minute'Bitesize Festival' running at Riverside Studios all month is the first of its kind at this venue. With 13 shows over 54 performances I had the chance to enjoy 3 of them

Natalie Goring
July 8, 2022

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

REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, St Paul’s Church

Reading Time: 2 minutesA joyously silly romp that captures the spirit of the Bard whilst opening it up to new audiences.

Claude Graham
July 7, 2022

★★★½☆, Drama, Review, Star Rating, Theatre

REVIEW: Favour

Reading Time: 2 minutesFavour revolves around three generations of a Muslim family living in London: a daughter (Leila, played by Ashna Rabheru), a mother (Aleena, played by Avita Jay), and a grandmother (Noor, played by Ren Brindle).