A play that takes an alternative look at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Set in a prison the story follows four people brought back from the dead and held captive by Dr. Frankenstein, awaiting their as yet unknown fate together.
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Richard III, Cockpit Theatre – Review
Australian director Lawrence Carmichael fills Shakespeare's words with fresh meaning, offering a breath-taking drama and an unexpectedly amusing moment.
Read More »Anything That Flies, Jermyn Street Theatre – Review
Pros: This is a well-constructed production, at times charming, at times heart-breaking. Cons: Both acting and story become increasingly repetitive, interfering with the play’s ability to be at all memorable. We are in a flat in Belsize Park in 1991. Books, art prints, classical sheet music, old-fashioned furniture and other bric-a-brac are scattered about, whilst Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor Opus 25 plays. Otto Huberman, a dotty old man who is obviously the flat’s sole inhabitant, listens ...
Read More »Doctor Faustus, Chickenshed – Review
A refreshing take on a very old tragedy.
Read More »Tryst, Tabard Theatre – Review
Well worth watching for the performances of Barnes and Perry, and for its smacker of an ending.
Read More »Interview: ‘Hair the Musical’ at The Vaults
The director and cast of 'Hair' at The Vaults tell us why this is the perfect time to bring the 50-year-old musical back to the stage.
Read More »Albion, Almeida Theatre – Review
This funny, moving and powerful production is effortless in its execution.
Read More »The Raven, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review
Poe’s classic gothic tale is let down by a sketchy adaptation that strips away all semblance of drama.
Read More »Bayadère: The Ninth Life, Sadler’s Wells – Review
An intellectually curious show stumbles over its own cleverness, but is mesmerising nonetheless.
Read More »Kings, New Diorama Theatre – Review
A truly captivating and powerful new work that explores the plight of the capital’s homeless.
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