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East End Boys, West End Girls, Arcola Theatre – Review
Characters and plot need work to help the audience empathise.
Read More »Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs
This play has it all; it’s impeccably written, comedic, dark, atmospheric and perfectly performed. Here’s to another 50 years of Little Malcolm!
Read More »hang, Royal Court Theatre – Review
Pros: 70 minutes of faultless acting and impeccable design, with heart-wrenching writing to boot. Cons: If you’re looking for current affairs or a satirical view on capital punishment, this is not the play to find it Debbie Tucker Green and I have history: a fleeting four weeks, the existence of which is nothing to her but has marked me for life. This was my first term at drama school, in all its daunting and built up glory, and we set upon our ...
Read More »The Harvest, Soho Theatre – Review
The ideal combo of effortless humour with a subtly dark undertone.
Read More »Product, Arcola Theatre – Review
A witty, dark and angry play in a guise of comedy, with a cracking performance that’s necessarily grating and perfectly timed.
Read More »Blood, Soho Theatre Upstairs – Review
Balances everything perfectly from humour to emotional integrity. Then spins it all together in a story that is eye-opening and human.
Read More »Golem, Trafalgar Studios – Review
An important piece of theatre that needs to be seen. It is fascinating and combines artistry and personality.
Read More »Lampedusa, Soho Theatre – Review
Eye-opening and ear-poppingly shocking. With subtlety and wit in equal measure, we’re told a story that actually matters.
Read More »Abyss, Arcola Theatre – Review
Clever, pacey and fluid. We are carried along the plot so smoothly that we lose a sense of our own time and space.
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