Reviews
Reviewing is at the heart of what we do. Here you’ll find all the reviews that our wonderful team have written. If you want to find something more specific, why not pick a genre of show instead from the menu.
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Review: Planet Omar, Unicorn Theatre
A flat and dramatically underpowered adaptation that relies too heavily on lazy humour and broad character stereotypes, never finding the imagination, theatricality or emotional depth the material deserves.
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Review: Don’t Tell Dad about Diana, Underbelly Boulevard Soho
A personal, authentic and amusing tale of queerdom in 1990s Dublin that proves surprisingly buoyant. Theatre magic at its most rudimentary yet impressive.
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Review: CARE, Young Vic
A stunning production with an impeccable ensemble of moving and idiosyncratic characters played with no-fuss humour, heart, and humanity. This is an extraordinary piece of theatre.
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Review: Bound By the Wind: Echoes of the Past, The Rotunda Theatre Bubble, Brighton
An ambitious take on Mulan with strong ideas and committed performances, but underdeveloped writing and staging leave its promise only partly fulfilled.
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Review: Heimer, Lyric Hammersmith
Heimer uses imaginative sea-themed visuals and heartfelt storytelling through puppets to explore the challenges of loss, connection, Alzheimer’s, family care, and memory with warmth and emotional depth.
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Review: The Dasslers, Bridewell Theatre
A tense retelling of the overnight collapse of a brothers’ relationship and the birth of two iconic sport shoe brands.
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Review: HOTDAWWG, Theatre Peckham
Gentle, cartoonish clowning that feels like stepping into a low-budget arcade game which has somehow become sentient.
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Review: The Rapping Princess, Polka Theatre
A rhythmic riot that will have you rapping and rhyming all the way home.
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Review: Gifford’s Circus: Waterfield, Chiswick House & Gardens
A magical evening mixing old-world circus charm and thrilling daredevil acts in a beautiful English country setting
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Review: Everlasting Cake, The Questors Theatre
A heartfelt but wildly overstuffed new play that buries genuine emotional insight beneath a torrent of baffling ideas.