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Whether you enjoy this play – or indeed whether you should risk giving it a go at all – will depend greatly on your taste in theatre. Do you feel a thrill in your bones when an old story is told in a new and “experimental” way? Or do you prefer to lurk instead in the comfortable familiarity of more conventional drama? You know: rounded characters, emotional connection – old-fashioned stuff like that. In Amsterdam, four actors create a story. ...

Beautiful drama of two unusual families

Slickly presented French farce about three neighbours.

Decent two-hand musical drama about wanting to end it all.

Science meets love in a hilarious one-woman musical comedy

Sexuality and fascism meet in a true story that doesn’t quite fly

Brilliantly performed abstract piece of physical theatre studying masculinity

Was it ever thus? Horny humans playing every trick in the book to win some love, or at least satisfy their lust? Well, yes, probably, but the eternal quest makes for brilliant entertainment in this smart and exuberant four-hander from writer Ryan Craig and director Anthony Banks. Proceedings start with a bang as the brilliantly energetic opening scenes provide key background information on the characters, punctuated by infectious music and movement, all played out against Simon Scullion’s beautifully colourful abstract ...

Superb gay drama about relationships and polygamy.

Intense and vivid account of the Catch 22 of gang life in disadvantaged communities.