Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London This production has a talented cast and looks the part, but the characterisation is thin and the songs are often cloyingMuch like Emerald Fennell’s fil…
Theatre Royal Plymouth This exuberant revival fizzes like a shaken can of soda, capturing the round-the-clock toil of aspiring performersAs a real-life cohort of performers head to Edinburgh…
Soho theatre, LondonJake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper are vivid storytellers and fine musicians and foley artistsA filthy fable about a god-fearing Christian sect in rural Nebraska who, …
The playwright has long been considered one of the country’s most famous exports, but not an ‘Irish writer’. An ambitious new season of plays explores his complex relationship with his…
Swansea Grand theatreSchool locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’…
Camden People’s theatre, London Jonny Khan’s debut play, about an uncle and niece manning phones at a rescue service during racist attacks, is well acted yet lacks tensionThis theatre’…
Storyhouse, ChesterKit Green takes on all the characters in an imaginative interpretation of the 1925 day-in-the-life novelAs Clarissa Dalloway wafts about the stage, welcoming her audience …
Arcola theatre, LondonThe 70s novel about the everyday grumbles of four office workers remains just as relevant, playfully staged by director Dominic DromgooleIt’s no wonder why Barbara Py…
Northern Stage, NewcastleThis revival of the carnivorous plant caper showcases strong voices, incorporates playful designs and splits Audrey II in twoSure, it would be possible to deliver a …
It's getting hot in here: Lauren Gauge's monologue is a female-centred look at clubbing, coupling up and settling down. The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Unmarried at Underbelly appeared…
A well-rounded, uplifting story: Holly O'Mahony warms to Scratchwork Theatre's Nel at the New Diorama's Incoming Festival. The post Review: Nel at Incoming Festival appeared first on Exeunt …
Rating: 2 stars The Brexorcist promised to be good on paper. In the Brighton Fringe brochure, it was described as "the true story of Brexit", "a multi-media political farce with a killer sou…
Rating: 3 stars The programme for At the Junction Café describes the play as an exploration of the way we choose to isolate ourselves in public places, focusing on our phones instead of tal…
"Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats". I wait for a moment, expecting others to follow, but when no one does, I start making my way towards the stairs of the Rialto theatre. I turn …
I’m a fan of the game Werewolf, having played a fair few rounds of it as a student. So I was intrigued and excited by the concept of it being turned into a Brighton Fringe spectacle by…
What should you do if you struggle to fit into modern society? Find someone you like, or someone who's like you, and build a commune with them. Such is the solution of Brother Tobias (Christ…
A much more exciting party: Holly O'Mahony swims in the undercurrents of Bill Rosenfield's transferred two-hander. The post Review: 46 Beacon at Trafalgar Studios appeared first on Exeunt Ma…
Sunny side up: Holly O'Mahony contemplates 42nd Street's escapism amid 2017's political turbulence. The post Review: 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane appeared first on Exeunt Maga…
How far would you be prepared to go for art? What would you be willing to risk for those you love the most? He(art) is a cripplingly funny new writing by playwright Andrew Maddock, which exp…
Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of The Kite Runner, which premiered in California in 2009, has opened for a highly-anticipated stint in London's West End, with Giles Croft as direc…
Left Luggage is an endearing play following sisters Nicola (Kim Burnett) and Danni (Bryony Thomas) as they rediscover each other in the wake of their grandmother’s death. Written by Is…
In a play featuring powerful poetry, captivating physical sequences and some first-rate piano playing, it's a shame the standalone talents don't gel together more in Riotous Company's Scherz…
Dreamless Sleep is the latest play by young writer-director Georgie Staight. It's a cripplingly funny, raw and moving examination of a relationship between N (Niamh Watson) and H (Hannah Law…
What if an attempted rape cannot be proven? What if, by the time any witnesses show, the attacker appears the bloodied, tied-up victim, and the victim seems to have become the ruthless, craz…
There are many interesting angles or routes a play on internet grooming and protecting teens from explicit online content could take. Why writer Nathan Lucky Wood chose to turn what could ha…