This work highlights the frustration of those let down by authorities and countries they should be able to trust. I won’t forget this play, but the performances weren't memorable.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chickenshed – Review
Pros: Belinda McGuirk’s excellent performance as Nurse Ratched and the fluent direction, which makes this an entertaining play to watch Cons: Lack of challenge to the sexist stereotypes of the original book and play One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a 1962 novel by American author Ken Kesey, examining the repressive and inhuman nature of mental health institutions. A year after its publication it was adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman. However, most of us are more familiar with the 1975 film, starring ...
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An overused storyline of thirtysomething Londoners linked by a dating app doesn't go anywhere meaningful.
Read More »For King and Country, The Colab Factory – Review
A good cast and attention to detail make this a decent piece of immersive theatre, but the threads need pulling together to strengthen the plot.
Read More »Moormaid, Arcola Theatre – Review
An alluring premise involving mental health, art and terrorism, but one that is never fully explored.
Read More »PERSUASION at The Playground Theatre- Review
Workmanlike adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel
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The funniest thing in London right now. One of those have-to-be-there experiences, so I urge you: go be there.
Read More »The Gulf, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
An atmospheric, slow-paced look at a dysfunctional relationship.
Read More »Significant Other Inc. The Vaults- Review
A nostalgic and romanticised portrait of factory life in the North of England in the 1980's, which successfully attempts to present pretty much all the roles one would find in an industrialised workplace.
Read More »Little Eyolf, The Print Room at the Coronet – Review
An Ibsen play successfully transported to the present day by some of Norway’s finest actors, in a near-flawless production. Norwegian language with surtitles sounds daunting, but it isn’t.
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