An extremely current take on male mental health which is both hopeful and heart-warming.
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I Am (Not) Kanye West, Bunker Theatre – Review
With humour and pathos we’re warmly invited into the world of Tash; black, queer and working class
Read More »THE Mikvah Project, Orange Tree Theatre – Review
Superb drama of growing pains and sexual confusion
Read More »The Apologists, Omnibus Theatre – Review
Three shorts which examine how and why we apologise.
Read More »The Creature: Frankenstein Retold, Rose Theatre Kingston – Review
although the required parts of the play were present, it ultimately felt roughly put together.
Read More »Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre – Review
Extremely enjoyable, accessible production.
Read More »Love, Loss & Chianti, Riverside Studios – Review
This pair of stylistically different but equally affecting 50 minute pieces by Christopher Reid are well-pitched to straddle the interface between poetry and drama. The first, Scatterings, is an ode to a middle-aged man’s late wife. Tender and mournful, its poignancy is somehow elevated by an absence of rage. Robert Bathurst has just the right sonorous tones for the part, and when Rebecca Johnson joins him to enact reminiscences from a holiday in Crete, or later hospital episodes (there’s a ...
Read More »A Westminster Story, Waterloo East Theatre – Review
Reeling from the death of their mother, Scottish musician Alannah (Natalie Allison) moves to London looking to support her troubled brother Tommy (Ryan Williams). A chance encounter with the idealistic leader of the Liberal Democrats, Christopher (Stephen Ashmore-Blakely) leads to a romance. On the other hand, his loveless marriage to his Lady Macbeth-Esq wife Helen (Stephanie Lane) begins to crumble around them as he begins to develop feelings for Alannah. So far, a meaty mix of emotional clout and sweeping ...
Read More »Zoo, VAULT Festival – Review
A beautiful, funny, epic piece of story-telling
Read More »Don’t Talk to Strangers, Vault Festival – Review
An entertaining and illuminating romp through astrophysics and humanity
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