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: Sunk Into the Earth, Central Film School
In a play that feels in development yet still manages to entertain, female friendships and family ties are examined in original, sometimes gruesome ways.
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Review: Macbeth, The Network Theatre
A faithful rendition of Macbeth that fits perfectly with the Halloween season, but underdelivers on its promise of innovation.
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Review: Tuck, Baron’s Court Theatre
A highly experimental piece of theatre that merges drag, comedy and horror to stage a unique exploration of gender and the body.
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Review: Thirty Six Questions, Pleasance Theatre
Reality dating is turned on its head in Flo Petrie’s fast paced two-hander, presenting the idea of ’36 Questions’ in a dating show format and with a dystopian twist.
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Review: 7 Magnificent Egos, Ye Olde Rose and Crown
Half biopic and half pantomime, parts of this play are sublime but others seem oddly out of place.
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Review: Fanny, Kings Head Theatre
A caper-filled and pun-fuelled tale of a family scrap about which Mendelssohn sibling should take top honours in the classical music world
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Review: the supermodel in the caff, The Hope Theatre
We can too easily form a snap judgement about strangers and casual acquaintances, with nothing more than a quick glance from which to form our opinions. They no doubt do the same to us. In the supermodel in the caff,…
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Review: The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, Drayton Arms Theatre
Three stories with four different variations of Watson, this show leaves us questioning our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with our technology.
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Review: We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it: And I guess that’s now, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
A play that takes the most human of things, then scales it all up to the grandeur of world builders. It’s both poignant and strangely hopeful.
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Review: Boy Band, The Glitch
Sixty minutes of fun, giggles and smiles, as engaging thirty-somethings take the proverbial out of boy bands