Southwark Playhouse
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Review: Beautiful Little Fool, Southwark Playhouse
A glossy musical biography that leaves a genuine 1920s tragedy unexplored by trading uncomfortable truths for banal, lazy storytelling.
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Interviews
Interview: Lots of Laughter, But the Bitter Taste of Bereavement
Ollie Maddigan tells us about The Olive Boy, currently playing at Southwark Playhouse
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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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Features
Feature: Was 2025 the year of the revival?
Owen Thomas James looks back at the last 12 months in theatreland, wondering if revivals were the year's big thing?
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Review: The Grim, Southwark Playhouse Borough
An enjoyable comedic thriller packed with action, supernatural happenings, and witty jokes that is both unsettling and hilarious.
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Review: Drifting, Southwark Playhouse
Strong female performances and atmospheric staging stand out, although the script’s vagueness can leave much for the audience to interpret.
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Review: Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl, Southwark Playhouse
Hilarious characterisations, poignant commentary on shyness and blowjob ballet sums up Isobel Renner’s brilliant, from the heart examination of a…
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Review: Lifers, Southwark Playhouse
A meticulously crafted, powerful yet accessible consideration of growing old in prison that's rich in dark humour.
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Interviews
Interview: Detention and dementia
Evan Placey on Lifers and the treatment of an aging prison populace
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