puppet extraordinaire Patsy May
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Review: Lil.Miss.Lady, Online via Zoom
the show itself turns out to be a fantastic piece of gig theatre
Read More »Review: How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical ‘cats’, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
the most delightful tour of his abundant enthusiasm for life AND life lessons.
Read More »Review: In Bad Taste, live stream from The Space
Reading the blurb ahead of time, this show promised lots of blood. So, it shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise that clicking into the Zoom broadcast in advance of the 8pm start, the camera appeared to have a red filter on! Watching one of the cast continuously heaving into a bowl as they sat waiting for the real start time might have slightly put a lesser person than myself off their banana bread. (A banana bread that hadn’t ...
Read More »Review: Macbeth, Belfast Festival – live streamed
An ambitious and playful reworking of Shakespeare
Read More »Review: Living With the Lights On, Golden Goose Theatre
Lockyer tells the story with Shakespearian aplomb
Read More »Review: Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales, Unicorn Theatre Online
Masterful, engaging storytelling for dark wintry evenings
Read More »Review: That Was All, Live stream from The Space
a play that you’d want to discuss in the bar afterwards
Read More »Review: Lockdown Town, London Bridge
There are three ways in which theatre companies can respond to the current crisis. They can furlough as many staff as they’re allowed and squint down the tunnel hoping desperately for a glint of light at the end. They can reopen with a socially distanced audience, paring back productions to match the reduced income. Or they can produce something genuinely innovative: this is the approach taken by One Night Records, whose immersive promenade performance sees the audience admitted in groups ...
Read More »Review: We Were Having A Perfectly Nice Time, Omnibus Theatre
a dissection of our foibles worthy of the autopsy table.
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