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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CUT, The Vaults – Review
A strong effort to challenge stereotypical theatre and provide a less comfortable viewing experience, favouring the apprehension and suspense it instils. Good performance built on a weaker foundation of plot.
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The Sisterhood, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
Pros: Compelling performances, excellent comedic timing, and a clever use of modern language Cons: Not the best space for this piece with some poor directing and staging choices I knew a bit about Molière before attending Leicester Square Theatre on…
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Savage, Above the Arts – Review
An interesting but isolated story of the unseen atrocities of the ‘homosexual cure’ in Third Reich occupied Denmark.
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Macbeth, Steiner Theatre – Review
This understated production lacks depth, passion and dramatisation; with disappointingly dull and disconnected performances.
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The Hamilton Complex, Unicorn Theatre – Review
A powerful and provocative show that should be mandatory viewing for anyone who is, was or has forgotten what it’s like to be thirteen.
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Strawberry Vale, Ovalhouse – Review
Pros: Beautiful music and great hand-drawn animation. Cons: Despite being short, it was a bit too drawn out at certain points. Part of the First Bites programme at the Ovalhouse, Strawberry Vale is a work-in-progress and so the showing was a short…
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Screwed, Theatre503 – Review
A thought-provoking play that lives up to the reputation of this amazing theatre, and one that makes it impossible not to care for what happens to the two lead characters.
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Ugly Lovely, Old Red Lion – Review
Lively and honest examination of life in Swansea. A well-observed tragi-comedy that excels in the tragic.
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Much Ado About Nothing, St Paul’s Church – Review
Pros: A charming and talented cast performing one of Shakespeare’s best comedies. Cons: Appalling weather taking the shine off an otherwise brilliant production. So have we got everything? Excellent cast: check; delightful venue: check; sparkling comedy: check and the weather….?…
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Boys Will Be Boys, Bush Hall – Review
A slick and funny provocation.