Fringe/ OffWestEnd
We could argue for hours what makes a fringe theatre venue, and even then we doubt we’d come to a satisfactory definition. So to keep it simple, fringe here simply means the wonderful little venues, generally less than 100 seats, often located above or below or next to pubs, and very much at the heart of our theatre world, where all the magic usually starts.
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Review: John, The Glitch
A manic rollercoaster of an hour with an excellent performance from Anna Curiel. Very funny but do read the trigger warnings just in case it is not for you.
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Review: Jennie & The Cockroach, The Hope Theatre
At the end of the world, a trans girl finds an unlikely confidant in a cockroach. Oscar Reynolds delivers a complex, moving performance in an intimate meditation on self-acceptance and mortality.
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Interview: Lots of Laughter, But the Bitter Taste of Bereavement
Ollie Maddigan tells us about The Olive Boy, currently playing at Southwark Playhouse
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Review: Small Extinctions, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
A festive and entirely too fast confrontation, filled with laughter, harsh truths, and food.
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Review: Drunk Girls Cry Here, The Hope Theatre
An emotional interrogation of female camaraderie.
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Review: Mother.Dad, Omnibus Theatre
Two distinct stories with one overlapping moment makes Mother.Dad interesting whilst never really doing more to draw us into their lives.
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Review: The Olive Boy, Southwark Playhouse
Powerful, poignant and piquant; an outrageously funny yet heartbreakingly moving exploration of the universal experiences of adolescence and grief.
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Review: What’s Wrong With Benny Hill?, White Bear Theatre
Sentimental in places, but at times searingly provocative in its humour, challenging its audience to consider how language is used and abused.
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Review: Imposed, The Hope Theatre
A well-intentioned but ultimately underdeveloped new play tackling incel culture and the issue of explicit AI deepfakes
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Review: Our American Queen, Bridewell Theatre
An elegant, poised and often striking story of restrained passions that only superficially reveals its titular character.