Alternative
Fancy something a bit different from the norm? Something immersive, or something taking place in a caravan perhaps? Here you’ll find reviews of some of the most interesting and unique shows that we’ve seen.
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Wild at Heart, Canal Café Theatre – Review
Definitely worth a visit, just to see what it’s all about. This show will leave you wondering what on earth has just happened.
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How To Win Against History, Ovalhouse – Review
Fabulously flamboyant, wonderfully witty and above all an absolute smash hit.
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Paradise Lost (Lies Unopened Beside Me), Wilton’s Music Hall – Review
Tremendously funny and extremely enjoyable – one of the best things I’ve seen this year.
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The Tiger Lillies: Love for Sale, Soho Theatre – Review
A delightfully mad and twisted Molotov cocktail of a cabaret will whisk you away to a dangerous place where darkness reigns and morals are dead.
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The Hamilton Complex, Unicorn Theatre – Review
A powerful and provocative show that should be mandatory viewing for anyone who is, was or has forgotten what it’s like to be thirteen.
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Strawberry Vale, Ovalhouse – Review
Pros: Beautiful music and great hand-drawn animation. Cons: Despite being short, it was a bit too drawn out at certain points. Part of the First Bites programme at the Ovalhouse, Strawberry Vale is a work-in-progress and so the showing was a short…
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Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker, Barbican – Review
Pretentious, self-indulgent pop culture that owes little to the principles of performing arts.
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Little Red Riding Hood and Other Lost Girls, Soho Theatre – Review
A clever but dark journey into fairyland, guided by an intriguing storyteller.
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En Avant, Marche!, Sadler’s Wells – Review
A melting pot of performing arts which, at times, can be tricky to follow.
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YOUARENOWHERE, Shoreditch Town Hall – Review
Pros: Unique in every way, with stage trickery that is bound to stay with you for the rest of your theatre-going life. Cons: Theatre at its best but something this unconventional will not be for everybody. : Walking along Shoreditch High…