A compelling storyline and loveable protagonist.

An infectious and moving solo performance

sensitive performances

doesn’t quite land its punches

A hugely entertaining, funny and shocking satire

An enjoyable and funny tale about women, war and human morality.

Very much a promising work-in-progress, but great fun and hopefully it will return more polished next time out

There is something exhilarating about seeing a work in progress, especially when it’s from a team surely only just out of their teens!  There’s an energy created you just don’t get at normal press nights. Ok, so that’s because the place is full of friends and family along to support, but that means an excitable youthful atmosphere that is just so joyous to be part of.  Secondly, the anticipation that you might be witnessing something special that may one day ...

A well-meaning but overly ambitious first outing by new theatre company Unshaded Arts.

Pros: It’s not often you can say that an office chair put in a sterling performance, but here it almost steals the whole show.  Cons:  Still very much a work in progress, and there is an imbalance that will need addressing. Roddy Frame’s ‘Loneliness and being alone don’t always mean the same’ has always been a song line that plays in my head regularly.  But it wasn’t a line I expected to come to mind whilst watching Jake, the debut show from ...