Off West End
Much like fringe theatre, trying to define what Off-WestEnd venue really means is a debate that would take us long into the night. So for our own sanity, we define it as those venues that are slightly bigger than the fringe venues (so roughly 100+ seats), but not the big West End or similar venues that form part of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT). Like fringe venues, Off-WestEnd are eligible for consideration for awards via the Fringe Theatre Awards.
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Cuddles, Ovalhouse – Review
A fantastic, unnerving piece of theatre that is laced with so much gore and second guessing yourself it grips you from the start.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, White Bear Theatre – Review
A show of uneven quality that doesn’t do justice to its great source text.
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Matchbox Theatre, Hampstead Theatre – Review
A series of short plays, performed with gusto and cheek and genuinely side-splittingly funny at times.
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Anita Harris with the Peter Gill Trio, The Pheasantry – Review
There’s no doubting Anita’s impressive career and her love of performing, and she pulled off this performance with just the right amount of panache!
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The Ted Bundy Project, Shoreditch Town Hall – Review
A really interesting theatrical experience that shines a light on people’s morbid fascination with serial killers.
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The Lonely Soldier Monologues, The Cockpit – Review
This is verbatim theatre at its most profound. Brave voices given power through the stage where the real world failed them. A chance to listen to people that need to be heard.
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The Candidate, Theatre Delicatessen – Review
A smart, well-observed piece of immersive theatre that exposes the absurdity and shallowness of politics.
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The Angry Brigade, The Bush Theatre – Review
An exciting, bold show which will provide much food for thought.
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Kingmaker, Above the Arts – Review
What I hoped was a prescient, behind-the-scenes look at Westminster double-dealing was a somehwat over-written, over-acted affair.
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Product, Arcola Theatre – Review
A witty, dark and angry play in a guise of comedy, with a cracking performance that’s necessarily grating and perfectly timed.