Oscar Wilde’s biblical epic gets a bit of a twist
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Review: Estella, Clapham Omnibus
Underwhelming attempt to reinterpret Great Expectations
Read More »Review: Saving Britney, Old Red Lion Theatre
Comedy-drama contrasting a British girl and an American superstar
Read More »Review: The Black Cat, live streamed @ The Space
Superb live-film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic masterpiece
Read More »Review: GHBoy, Charing Cross Theatre
a story that’s compiled with sufficient skill to be worth a visit.
Read More »Noah and The Peacock, Online from Nottingham Playhouse – Review
Fun retelling of Noah’s Ark for very young children
Read More »THE Mikvah Project, Orange Tree Theatre – Review
Superb drama of growing pains and sexual confusion
Read More »Love, Loss & Chianti, Riverside Studios – Review
This pair of stylistically different but equally affecting 50 minute pieces by Christopher Reid are well-pitched to straddle the interface between poetry and drama. The first, Scatterings, is an ode to a middle-aged man’s late wife. Tender and mournful, its poignancy is somehow elevated by an absence of rage. Robert Bathurst has just the right sonorous tones for the part, and when Rebecca Johnson joins him to enact reminiscences from a holiday in Crete, or later hospital episodes (there’s a ...
Read More »The Cutting Edge, Arcola Theatre – Review
Flavourless drama about art and country living
Read More »Musik, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
Frances Barber shines in a romping musical showcase
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