Year: 2017

Reviews

The Raven, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review

Poe’s classic gothic tale is let down by a sketchy adaptation that strips away all semblance of drama.

Drama

Bayadère: The Ninth Life, Sadler’s Wells – Review

An intellectually curious show stumbles over its own cleverness, but is mesmerising nonetheless.

Comedy

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead, Soho Theatre – Review

Pros: A multi-layered concept, deftly handled by Morpurgo, who has the audience eating out of the palm of his hand.…

Drama

The Secret Keeper, The Ovalhouse – Review

The Secret Keeper is worth your while, it is just such a shame that the dark and gothic isn’t given…

Musicals

Hair The Musical, The Vaults – Review

A joyous, colourful and exuberant 60s ‘happening’. You will be humming the music to yourself for some time afterwards.

Drama

Kings, New Diorama Theatre – Review

A truly captivating and powerful new work that explores the plight of the capital’s homeless.

Alternative

Reunion & Dark Pony, John Harvard Library – Review

Pros: The unusual setting in a library. Cons: The large windows facing a busy street can be quite distracting. A…

Drama

Stardust, Southwark Playhouse – Review

A heartfelt and uncompromising confrontation of the multi-headed beast that is the global cocaine trade, which avoids patronisation and remains…

Drama

All The Little Lights, Arcola Theatre – Review

A moving presentation of an expertly written and directed piece of new theatre on a very challenging topic.

Drama

The Busy World is Hushed, Finborough Theatre – Review

A fantastic, perpetually pertinent play that wrangles with faith, agnosticism and disbelief in the space of a city apartment.

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