Pros: Hilarious, touching, revelatory and perfectly performed Cons: Three songs isn’t enough, especially when they’re of this quality Performed by a cast of eleven young actors, Spill is a verbatim enactment of interviews with dozens of young people about their experiences of sex. Devised by the cast, it’s part of Hotbed, the Camden People’s Theatre’s season of plays about sex. Spill is set during a so-called “sex party”, at which the guests arrive sometimes singly and sometimes in groups, each relating their stories ...
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The Band, The Albany – Review
A humorous and talented couple, striving to get back into the business of performance through beautiful movement and stunning acrobatics.
Read More »Refugee Boy, Chickenshed Theatre – Review
Pros: Some great performances and a pitch-perfect design Cons: The main storyline seemed less subtle than its tributaries I know Chickenshed Theatre for its big, glorious, all-ages Christmas shows, and for being pretty much the only thing that sweetens the bitter end of the Piccadilly line, at Cockfosters. But Chickenshed is so much more than that: it’s an industry leader in inclusive theatre, with a full professional programme of devised and scripted work, alongside a drama school, a popular cafe/bar, ...
Read More »Junkyard, Rose Theatre Kingston – Review
Jack Thorne is cementing his place as one of our generation's great writers. It appears he’s borrowed some magic dust and sprinkled it liberally over this Junkyard.
Read More »Spring Offensive, Omnibus Theatre – Review
Spring Offensive is a black comedy that takes a sinister look at the trivialisation of global conflict.
Read More »Pam Ann: Touch Trolley Run to Galley 20th Anniversary Tour, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
Camp and acid tongued comedy gold that leaves you screaming for more, but lacks new material.
Read More »She Wears Scented Rose, Theatro Technis – Review
An intricate thriller that keeps you guessing – but half an hour too long.
Read More »Life By The Throat, Theatre 503 – Review
Pros: Eve Steele’s performance is raw, funny and unforgettable, capturing every side of her complicated character throughout his life. Cons: Final sections of the play could spend more time referencing how the main character’s actions affected everyone around him, and what the future might hold for them. You’d be forgiven for thinking a one-woman play about a thief in the grip of drug and alcohol addiction wouldn’t be a laugh a minute. You might assume that this character, James Joseph ...
Read More »Twelfth Night, Greenwich Theatre – Review
So cleverly brought together, the partnerships between direction, creation and performance result in a show that’s both hysterical and touching.
Read More »Threads, The Hope Theatre – Review
Pros: Samuel Lawrence’s powerful and committed approach to an intense character. Cons: The play maintains an exaggerated level of tension which prevents the audience from truly relating to the characters, and makes for quite uncomfortable viewing. I’m all for a good love story. Especially if it’s tricky and passionate and full of drama. Threads is the story of Vic (Katharine Davenport) and Charlie (Samuel Lawrence), two exes reunited in the flat that they used to share. Over the course of an ...
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