Hunger never quite brings its challenging source material to life.

The story of the original rebel girl

A powerful and thought-provoking play

I love the metaphor at the heart of The Glass Menagerie. Laura, the daughter of the play, overwhelmed by the expectations of the world, treats her collection of tiny glass animals with such care lest they break. To stage this play, the metaphor must radiate through every facet of its production. Laura’s anxiety threatens the security of her family, should she not find a husband. Her mother Amanda’s desperation to micro-manage her life maintains a familial tension that holds the ...

It’s tricky to keep preconceptions at bay when you know that the plot and style of a film has been a winning combination. The 2006 film that is the basis of Little Miss Sunshine, which starred Abigail Breslin as the determined young pageant contestant, Olive, was adorned with awards. The epic plight of the Hoover family on their 500-mile journey to get Olive to her pageant in time shaped its legacy: an audacious comedy that portrayed a joyful, and moving, ...

An alluring premise involving mental health, art and terrorism, but one that is never fully explored.

Pros: Outstanding performances alongside a hauntingly beautiful choral composition. Cons: I wish I could have seen the actors’ faces better – more light next time please! If you had unlimited magical powers, how would you use them? Would you save the world and everyone in it, and then rest your laureled head on a white sandy beach? Forget it. The myth of Doctor Faustus is a reminder that our wish list is likely to be far more mundane, for example, ...

If you want to go to the theatre to hear big topics discussed in anonymous rooms, to be moved, or to hear Einstein’s theory of relativity explained by Marilyn Monroe, then this is the show for you.

A moving presentation of an expertly written and directed piece of new theatre on a very challenging topic.

An explosive one-woman play following the story of Rehana ‘the angel’ who joined the fight against ISIS in Syria to try and save her father and liberate her homeland.