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: 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.
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Review: Already Perfect, King’s Head Theatre
An energetic portrayal of the transition from gay conversion therapy to Broadway success, with lively songs in an inspired production
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Review: I’ll be Back, The Glitch
I’ll Be Back is billed as a Terminator parody, but it’s really a loving homage to the first two films in the franchise, written and performed by the excellent Justine Malone at the warm and always welcoming Waterloo venue, The Glitch. Confession time:…
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Review: Strategic Love Play, LAMDA
An impressive rollercoaster, conjured from a table, two chairs and two people.