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Win tickets to In Lambeth! – Closed
We're delighted to have teamed up with Spellbound Productions and the Southwark Playhouse this week to bring you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to their production of In Lambeth.
Read More »Enduring Song, Southwark Playhouse – Review
Ambitious sprawling historic epic, but in its current form, it makes for a long and tiresome evening.
Read More »Johnny Got His Gun, Southwark Playhouse – Review
Amid the current hype over centenary celebrations, this WWI drama carries an alternative and relevant message for today and delivers it superbly.
Read More »Three Sisters – Southwark Playhouse – Review
A strong cast helps to make the relationships believable but I struggled to fully believe that the drama was unfolding during modern times. With so much technology it is hard to grasp the reasons why the sisters could not just up and leave.
Read More »Superior Donuts, Southwark Playhouse – Review
An urban drama that brilliantly portrays the complexities and greatness of everyday life stories. There could be an Arthur and Franco behind the counter of any donut shop.
Read More »Fiji Land, Southwark Playhouse – Review
Despite its powerful visuals and intriguing premise, this allegory of a pot plant nursery as a concentration camp fails to engage or provoke.
Read More »Win tickets to see Fiji Land! – Closed
We're delighted to have teamed up with Three Streets Productions to bring you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to their new production, Fiji Land at the Southwark Playhouse.
Read More »The Last March, Southwark Playhouse – Review
A fun play where the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ really does apply. It is a light-hearted piece but perhaps Tinder Theatre try to drag out their superb jokes a little too much.
Read More »Our Ajax, Southwark Playhouse – Review
SophoclesAdapted by Timberlake WertenbacherDirected by David Mercatali★★★ Pros: Thought provoking and deeply meaningful script, raising questions of life and death whilst making a mockery of modern warfare. Star-filled cast makes it feel less Fringe and more West End. Cons: The dialogues don’t quite manage to glue together and some characters seem to appear just out of the blue. A handful of funny anachronisms. Our Verdict: A blood-soaked adaptation of a Greek classic with a stellar cast. Despite some plot gaps, ...
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