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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A Fox on the Fairway, The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch – Review
Pretty set, actors give it all they’ve got, but limp writing and absence of humour means this is one farce that never truly makes an entrance.
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Windows, Finborough Theatre – Review
Windows is a fascinating, sweet-natured and yet socially-aware play. It flows smoothly between its three scenes, rarely flagging and with enough soft humour that a smile is never far away.
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Gunshot Medley, Venue 13 – Review
Pros: The production values are excellent in every respect. Cons: Not suitable for audiences in search of easy entertainment. There is something intimate and profound about Gunshot Medley that stays with you long after you’ve left Venue 13 in Edinburgh. This must have to…
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Plan B For Utopia, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
Pros: Strong physical performances and lovely music Cons: The theatre wasn’t big enough to house all our dreams Since the premiere of Joan Clevillé’s Plan B for Utopia in 2015, we’ve seen the referendum vote to leave the EU, the…
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One Step Before The Fall, Zoo Southside – Review
Pros: Powerful physical performance Cons: The relentlessly punishing choreography feels pointless at times On a thrust stage, performer Markéta Vacovská pushes herself to her physical limits as she explores the intensity of a boxer’s experience. Whirring limbs become a blur…
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Lula del Ray by Manual Cinema, Underbelly Med Quad – Review
Pros: Mesmerising and unprecedented. Cons: Watching the puppeteers work in the foreground is fascinating but can also divert the attention from the main screen above their heads. Living in a caravan stationed in the middle of the desert, by a vast satellite…
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Good With Maps, C Primo – Review
Pros: Nate Edmondson’s original music score is a journey in its own right. Cons: The plot’s dramatic elements aren’t properly developed. British expat Noëlle has inherited from her beloved dad a passion for cartography and, inspired by her childhood readings, she…
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Teaching a Dillo to Cross the Road, Jack Studio Theatre – Review
A haunting piece of theatre on human behavior that will stay with you.
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Richard III, Temple Church – Review
A solidly entertaining production that sometimes tries too hard to underline the play’s contemporary relevance.
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Profundis, Zoo Southside – Review
Pros: Elegant, clever, playful choreography. Cons: Only thirty minutes long – perfect for the fringe, belongs in a joint billing elsewhere. Choreographer Roy Assaf’s open, flexible style of working has resulted in a confident collaboration with National Dance Company Wales…