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: Age Is A Feeling, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Hayley McGee is one of those special solo voices that can make you smile about human life and aging whilst wanting to cry your heart out
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Review: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, Jack Studio Theatre
Hidden secrets threaten the harmony of a student household. As first-years try to fit in and get along, can they overcome the baggage of their previous lives?
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Review: 16 Postcodes, King’s Head Theatre
Charming vignettes of modern London discovered in a life formed around postcodes
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Review: While We Wait, Arches Lane Theatre
As a high-concept romcom this two-hander is often engaging and amusing, but both the beginning and ending don't quite work.
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Review: The Last Days of Liz Truss, The Other Palace
A frantic farce that charts the last days of the UK’s shortest reigning Prime Minister, this show hints at political tyranny but is overpowered by cheap laughs.
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Review: The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin, New Diorama Theatre
A spectacle that cleverly blends clowning and digital drama, The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin is a timely commentary delivered with immense care.
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Review: The Murmuration of Starlings, Seven Dials Playhouse
A moving love story capturing the frustrations and resilience required when lives are changed by dementia with its resultant shifts in memory and identity.
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Review: Suppliants of Syria, Hoxton Hall
Border Crossings’ production blends testimony and live performance to explore asylum and displacement.
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Review: Savage, White Bear Theatre
A stark and honest look at the birth of conversion therapy and the devastating, lasting scars felt by those it was done to and those that loved them.
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Review: The Village Where No One Suffers, Brockley Jack Theatre
A unique, impactful story, zoning in on a young woman’s return to her Grandmother’s house in wartorn Ukraine