Drama
A staple for us and for many if you fancy a more traditional play. When we first started Everything Theatre it was specifically to review drama. We’ve branched out over the years, but it will always be a favourite of ours.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chickenshed – Review
Pros: Belinda McGuirk’s excellent performance as Nurse Ratched and the fluent direction, which makes this an entertaining play to watch Cons: Lack of challenge to the sexist stereotypes of the original book and play One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a…
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Gaps, Katzpace – Review
An overused storyline of thirtysomething Londoners linked by a dating app doesn't go anywhere meaningful.
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For King and Country, The Colab Factory – Review
A good cast and attention to detail make this a decent piece of immersive theatre, but the threads need pulling together to strengthen the plot.
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Moormaid, Arcola Theatre – Review
An alluring premise involving mental health, art and terrorism, but one that is never fully explored.
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PERSUASION at The Playground Theatre- Review
Workmanlike adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel
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Sh*t-faced Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
The funniest thing in London right now. One of those have-to-be-there experiences, so I urge you: go be there.
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The Gulf, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
An atmospheric, slow-paced look at a dysfunctional relationship.
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Significant Other Inc. The Vaults- Review
A nostalgic and romanticised portrait of factory life in the North of England in the 1980's, which successfully attempts to present pretty much all the roles one would find in an industrialised workplace.
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Little Eyolf, The Print Room at the Coronet – Review
An Ibsen play successfully transported to the present day by some of Norway’s finest actors, in a near-flawless production. Norwegian language with surtitles sounds daunting, but it isn’t.
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Gauhar Jaan – The Datia Incident, Omnibus Theatre – Review
Shining a light on India’s pre-Bollywood queen of entertainment, Gauhar Jaan is an original, funny and exciting debut play, albeit with a rushed ending and some scene change issues. It has rightly sold out its entire run already.