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: Small Extinctions, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
A festive and entirely too fast confrontation, filled with laughter, harsh truths, and food.
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Review: Death of Gesualdo, St Martin-in-the-Fields
The otherworldly, hauntingly beautiful music of Gesualdo underscores a fascinating and impassioned presentation of his life story,
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Review: Drunk Girls Cry Here, The Hope Theatre
An emotional interrogation of female camaraderie.
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Review: Gerry & Sewell, Aldwych Theatre
A love letter to Newcastle.
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Review: Mother.Dad, Omnibus Theatre
Two distinct stories with one overlapping moment makes Mother.Dad interesting whilst never really doing more to draw us into their lives.
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Review: The Olive Boy, Southwark Playhouse
Powerful, poignant and piquant; an outrageously funny yet heartbreakingly moving exploration of the universal experiences of adolescence and grief.
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Review: What’s Wrong With Benny Hill?, White Bear Theatre
Sentimental in places, but at times searingly provocative in its humour, challenging its audience to consider how language is used and abused.
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Review: Imposed, The Hope Theatre
A well-intentioned but ultimately underdeveloped new play tackling incel culture and the issue of explicit AI deepfakes
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Review: Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO, The Royal Albert Hall
Spectacular acrobatics with some pulsating beats, woven around a thin narrative: a winter warmer.
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Review: Our American Queen, Bridewell Theatre
An elegant, poised and often striking story of restrained passions that only superficially reveals its titular character.