An ingenious, joyful and inventive piece of physical theatre that brings the end of the jazz era to life through beautiful performances, clever use of percussion, and play with light and shadow.
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Oresteia, Almeida – Review
A marathon performance of a bloody saga with very impressive acting.
Read More »A Doll’s House, The Space – Review
Ibsen’s tale of domestic repression may well have been daring in 1879, but feels more like a dusty museum piece now.
Read More »Dirty Special Thing, Platform Theatre – Review
This engaging production is a great reflection of Generation Arts’s commitment to fostering the talent of marginalised aspiring actors.
Read More »Stop! The Play, Trafalgar Studios – Review
An ode to that one awful play that every theatre practitioner or goer has been involved in or seen and hated,but has great stories to tell in the aftermath to make everyone laugh. A collation of all those stories for the public’s entertainment.
Read More »Signor Baffo’s Restaurant,The Watermans Centre – Review
Some enjoyable moments of silliness, but there’s not much more to this children’s show.
Read More »Fatherland & Until You Hear That Bell, The Place – Review
Two autobiographical studies, featuring very different approaches to narrative structure.
Read More »City Stories, St James Theatre – Review
Good music doesn’t make up for storytelling which is tedious and portentous.
Read More »The Flannelettes, King’s Head Theatre – Review
Although some potentially “hard-hitting” moments don’t quite hit the spot, when they do it is devastating.
Read More »The Dogs of War, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review
An absorbing study of a family in decline and the strain that mental health puts on their relationships, but not enough of a meaty story at its core.
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