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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Feed, The Vaults – Review
Feed presents the surreal and dangerous of online life - high melodrama rather than social critique.”
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The Project, White Bear Theatre – Review
It’s 1942 in a transit camp in Holland. Four Jewish detainees make up the camp’s concert party: impresario Victor (Lloyd Morris), dancer Anna (Faye Maghan), her sister Millie (Eloise Jones) and Anna’s lover Peter (Nick Devallé). When Millie discovers that…
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CIRCA, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review
Having connected online, a pretty young man (Thomas Flynn) and a bulky older guy (Antony Gabriel) meet for an unsuccessful sexual encounter. Then the pretty boy plays a strip game with a friend (and lover?) who tries to discourage him…
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Classified, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
Entering the small space to the sound of gunfire we saw all four cast members on stage in poses hinting at their roles to come. Some of the audience seating was a bit wobbly, but it was a short production…
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A Hundred Words For Snow, Trafalgar Studio 2 – Review
Reminds us that the world can be such a wonderful place.
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Next Thing You Know, Bridewell Theatre – Review
A fabulous immersive set gives a home to a funny, well performed musical.
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Footfalls & Plays, Jack Studio Theatre – Review
For Plays, three identical urns contain a man, his wife and his mistress as they relive their perspectives of the affair in rapid and eccentric fashion. It’s quirky, and so off the wall, but also captivating and charming. Three actors…
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Three Shades, Ram Jam Records, Kingston – Review
A bare footed lady, head to foot in black, slowly walks from behind us to the stage. It’s a compelling sight to open any play. But it’s not the first thing that stands out for Everything Theatre’s first visit to Ram…
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Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Iran, Omnibus Theatre – Review
Drag theatre is an increasingly broad church and here it is used to serious political effect at Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival of queer theatre, which celebrates the iconic 1996 Pride party on nearby Clapham Common. The drag, for fans, delivers.…
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The Grand Expedition, Secret Location – Review
Following texted directions to the secret location “somewhere on the Victoria Line”, you make your way to a disused warehouse on the outskirts of town. Welcomed by a woman dressed as a 1930s aviator, speaking an imaginary language that hovers…