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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Life By The Throat, Theatre 503 – Review
Pros: Eve Steele’s performance is raw, funny and unforgettable, capturing every side of her complicated character throughout his life. Cons: Final sections of the play could spend more time referencing how the main character’s actions affected everyone around him, and…
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Twelfth Night, Greenwich Theatre – Review
So cleverly brought together, the partnerships between direction, creation and performance result in a show that’s both hysterical and touching.
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Threads, The Hope Theatre – Review
Pros: Samuel Lawrence’s powerful and committed approach to an intense character. Cons: The play maintains an exaggerated level of tension which prevents the audience from truly relating to the characters, and makes for quite uncomfortable viewing. I’m all for a good…
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Ready or Not, Arcola Theatre – Review
A pertinent, intelligent and often funny tragedy about war, fear and family.
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It Is So Ordered, Pleasance Theatre – Review
Pros: The performers have energy and commitment. Cons: Incoherent plot and characterisation. Little variation. Having overcome the travails of TFL, and with drink in hand, I made my way from the spacious bar at The Pleasance, past the main theatre and…
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Key Change, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
A piece that gives insight into prison life.
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Montagues and Capulets, CoLab Theatre -Review
Great for under-25 fans of rushing about and 90s rave culture.
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Expensive Shit, Soho Theatre – Review
Pros: The message about objectification of women is powerful and originally conveyed. Cons: The parts spoken with a Nigerian accent might be harder to understand for those who don’t speak English as a first language. The objectification of female bodies…
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Macbeth, Jack Studio Theatre – Review
A bit of Shakespeare that is well worth a watch, even if just to hear the verse in Scottish. (Note: not all cast use a Scottish accent)
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Sublime, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
A slow build to an unsatisfying end.