A slick and funny provocation.
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Le Médecin Malgré Lui, Drayton Arms – Review
Boisterous and engaging, but the modern setting does heighten awareness of the play’s anachronistic morality.
Read More »Of Riders and Running Horses, Withdean Stadium (Brighton Festival) – Review
Euphoric, uplifting dance, in a meticulously planned theatrical experience.
Read More »Belonging(s), Kings House (Brighton Festival) – Review
Pros: Great work from the props and production people and a real cryptic puzzle to solve. Cons: Over-long. Cold. Belonging(s), from Tilted Productions, is a big, ambitious and clever promenade dance show. It starts underground and ends on the beach, looking out to sea. It has nine performers at its heart, but incorporates more than twenty local participants who duck in and out of the action. It takes two objects, the vinyl record and the cardboard box, brings out every one ...
Read More »La Poule Plombée, St James Theatre – Review
Small and perfectly formed: La Poule Plombée features top-notch music, comedy and storytelling.
Read More »Closer, Udderbelly – Review
Ingenious and astonishing circus performances, threaded together with humour and a theme of fraternity.
Read More »X, Royal Court Theatre – Review
A superbly atmospheric production which is ambitious, bleak, a bit incoherent, but frequently thrilling.
Read More »This Thing Called Love, Rich Mix – Review
Good stories are let down by uninspiring presentation.
Read More »Press, The Bread and Roses – Review
The play poses an interesting central question, but everything about it is undercooked
Read More »The Picture of Dorian Gray, Trafalgar Studios – Review
Less would have been more in every respect except cast size, where more would definitely have been more.
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