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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Review: A Million Miles Under Hampstead Heath, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
A heartbreakingly beautiful exploration of a doomed relationship and how grief can weave its way deep into the core of everything.
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Review: Personal Values, Hampstead Theatre
Small talk bogs down big themes in a drama that could dive deeper into the complex psyche of a mourning hoarder.
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Review: Burnt Toast, Battersea Arts Centre
A visually stunning and well-crafted horror that has plenty to admire but perhaps doesn’t quite equal the sum of its parts.
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Review: How to Fight Loneliness, Park Theatre
Tiptoes around a delicate subject without committing to it.
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Review: All the Worst Parts, Baron’s Court Theatre
A solo show around one woman’s journey with sexual assault that ultimately lacks structure.
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Review: Boxed In, Old Red Lion Theatre
A moving examination of overwhelming grief and resulting mental health issues that deliberately obfuscates the line between inner monologue and external intervention.
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Review: Dick, Drayton Arms Theatre
An emotionally raw exploration of desire and its consequences, with outstanding acting.
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Review: Ghosts, Lyric Hammersmith
It’s tricky taking on the classics at the best of times. All that weight of expectation, with many in the audience remembering previous productions and making comparisons to supposedly definitive renditions… Does an adaptation lessen or heighten such vulnerabilities? This…
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Review: The Inseparables, Finborough Theatre
A well-intentioned adaptation of Simone de Beauvoir’s last, lost novella that needs to go bigger to have adequate emotional impact.
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Review: Whole, Camden’s People Theatre
Whole is a gift to a loved one who ran out of time to accomplish a dream and that gift is thoughtful and intelligent and beautifully wrapped in authenticity and originality.