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: The Silence That Follows, The Hope Theatre
An absorbing fantasy adventure that delights and entertains as it explores the power of music as well as the dangers of letting obsession get the better of you.
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Review: A Grain of Sand حبّة رمل, Arcola Theatre
In this gripping 60-minute piece, it’s the voices of real children begging us to listen that leave their mark.
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Review: Rukhsati, Collective Theatre
While the script needs refinement, the production shines through its striking visual design, vibrant DJ commentary, and charming, unique choreography
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Review: Things I Know to be True, Tower Theatre
A family drama that captures the messy, painful reality of generational clashes
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Review: Asylum King, Collective Theatre
A sensitive and insightful piece that carries us on a journey from sensationalism, to denial, indignation and utter resignation.
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Review: ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States, Park Theatre
Good laughs, but more farce than satire.
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Review: Beautiful Little Fool, Southwark Playhouse
A glossy musical biography that leaves a genuine 1920s tragedy unexplored by trading uncomfortable truths for banal, lazy storytelling.
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Review: I Do, Malmaison Hotel, London
Intimate and lovingly messy. Six rooms, one Wedding.
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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.