Pros: Gary Owen’s witty script and the actors’ fine performances. Cons: Depiction of the women in the play as universally Machiavellian and abusive. Thursday night at the Boar’s Head is disco night: Gary’s disco night. Except that this Thursday, the pub’s landlord has decided to replace Gary’s disco night for karaoke night – or as Gary says, outraged, “kara-fuckin-oke”. Gary, being the thug and bully that he is, won’t tolerate this flagrant invasion of his territory, so he gives the ...
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Songs For Nobodies, Wilton’s Music Hall – Review
A delight of an evening; entertaining monologues interspersed with powerfully performed songs.
Read More »Love Me Now, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
An of-the-moment piece that feels true to the state of modern dating and intertwined issues around consent, truth and power.
Read More »Trainspotting Live, The Vaults – Review
Loud. Obnoxious. Intense. Disgusting. And bloody brilliant.
Read More »Loop, Gerry’s Stratford East – Review
A delightful and sweet play about three different generations, their ambitions and struggles, and the music that inspired their youth.
Read More »Richard Alston Dance Company – Mid Century Modern, Sadler’s Wells- Review
Pros: A programme of finely tuned and fast-paced choreography which elicits technical and musical prowess. Cons: A characteristic as much as a con, but a little too repetitive in movement terms. This programme marks Richard Alston’s fiftieth year as a choreographer, so what better to way to celebrate than by presenting an evening which combines new work alongside extracts of that which spans the last five decades. We start with the new Cut and Run by Associate Choreographer and ...
Read More »Windrush Square, OSO Arts Centre – Review
A captivating show about the racial tensions lived in London during the first half of the 80’s.
Read More »Camels, The Tabernacle – Review
A truly hilarious hour from a talented pair of writer-performers.
Read More »The Lady with a Dog, Tabard Theatre – Review
Old-fashioned yet very current, this play explores marital infidelity with glamour and a touch of Wildean wit.
Read More »This Restless State, Ovalhouse – Review
This interesting look at three generations of hopeful migrants is not substantiated by a consistent plot.
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