Experience two years of Russian injustice and imprisonment in just 60 minutes.

Pros: As blunt as it can possibly get. Cons: The delivery was affected by some of the readers being more nervous than others. Do you remember that time you had a double take to establish whether someone was a man or a woman? It has happened to me a number of times, but if you don’t know what I’m talking about, good for you. You might be one of those rare, and very lucky, people who are free from gender preconceptions ...

There are no holds barred in this clever and uncompromising portrayal of the brutality of war.

A play that feels lost in translation. The writer clearly has a lot to express, but the text needs more workshopping to communicate its motive to an audience. Hommo feels a bit insular and needs to be made a lot more accessible.

A clichéd portrayal of a Northern ‘bigoted homelander’ dealing with people from different cultural backgrounds.  Worth seeing for the excellent and poignant music and dance.

Working with young care leavers, The Big House produces exceptional performances that combine raw and resounding topics with excellent technical elements.

Weird, odd, exceptionally creative and hilariously funny, this is a unique and entertaining show.

Portraying a terminal illness while maintaining some degree of entertainment is always a tough call, but they just about pull it off.

Once again Theatre503 comes up trumps with this disturbing yet compelling and worthwhile play that examines our failure to protect those most in need.

Pros: Some thought has obviously gone into the set Cons: Confusing. The bonkers genius of David Lynch is entirely lacking I first experienced Twin Peaks courtesy of a friend’s dvd collection some years ago. Watching David Lynch’s extraordinary TV series, I immediately understood why it’s held in such high regard. Ostensibly an FBI investigation into the gruesome murder of small town teenager Laura Palmer, the show is a masterpiece of ensemble eccentricity in which every character is hiding a secret, and violence ...