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: Hung Dance: Push and Pull, Coronet Theatre
A sometimes playful, sometimes sinister exploration of a binary construct, through tai chi inspired dance.
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Review: Nosebleeds, The Glitch
A clever and quietly devastating exploration of identity and distance during conflict. Small theatre with a surprisingly strong pulse.
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Review: Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Gracie Fields Story, Museum of Comedy
The story of a working-class girl from Rochdale: spanning a global career and reminding us us of her fame, her talent and her generosity.
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Review: Art, Etcetera Theatre
A complex look into friendship that is both funny and heart wrenching.
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Review: Witch Girl Summer, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
A play with truly magnificent production, let down by a fun script that merely teases, with the promise of so much more.
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Review: Manic Street Creature, Kiln Theatre
This virtuoso performance of gig theatre impresses technically, but the amplification of trauma on such a broad canvas becomes tiring.
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Review: Measure For Measure & Julius Caesar – Dirty Politics Double Bill, Golden Goose Theatre
An intriguing historical experiment that struggles to translate into compelling theatre.
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Review: The Comfort Woman, Omnibus Theatre
A devastating solo performance with a beautiful score, exposing the truth behind wartime “comfort stations”.
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Review: Pews At Ten, The Space
A lovingly constructed comedy that celebrates Wales, intergenerational friendship, and Tom Jones.
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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