A wonderfully bittersweet tale of clashing cultures, identities, and class.
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Lone Star Diner, Omnibus Theatre– Review
steeped in all the lore and mythology of the American dream
Read More »Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography, Orange Tree Theatre – Review
A strange but enjoyable comedy with plenty of laughter and darkness
Read More »Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Union Theatre – Review
A celebration of life, and a reminder that the fight is far from over.
Read More »Fuck You Pay Me, The Bunker – Review
An education, a celebration, and a warning
Read More »Mark Thomas: Our NHS at 70, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
a hilarious, informative, moving, and inspiring tribute’
Read More »Funeral Flowers, The Bunker – Review
If you’ll forgive the ad pitch, flowers suit nearly every occasion. A loving declaration, celebratory congratulations, or a sorrowful consolation. Living things that bloom and die, flowers represent beauty and sorrow, life and death. In Funeral Flowers they represent something else – the chance at something new. Funeral Flowers is a powerfully personal, utterly involving tale of a girl’s struggle to achieve her dream. Written and performed by Emma Dennis-Edwards, Funeral Flowers tells the story of Angelique, a 17-year-old whose ...
Read More »Tony’s Last Tape, Omnibus Theatre – Review
A warm and poignant tribute to a great man
Read More »Blood Knot, Orange Tree Theatre – Review
What can a play tell us about the world – more than half a century after its debut? I may as well ask why people still watch Shakespeare, but in the case of recent history, I always find myself wondering. Why now? Much like the Bard, it seems that racism will, sadly, always be relevant. Blood Knot is a play about apartheid in South Africa. Athol Fugard’s play about two brothers, one black, one white, premiered in 1961, one year ...
Read More »Feed, The Vaults – Review
Feed presents the surreal and dangerous of online life - high melodrama rather than social critique.”
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