45 stories by "Amy Squirrell"
Britain, 1942. We enter 18b as three women are being questioned on suspicion of endangering the state, under regulation 18b, a law that allows the imprisonment without trial of suspected Naz…
In the not too distant future, an attempt is being made to get humans to Mars. It's not the first attempt; the Mars mission of 2025 mysteriously went missing. There's something head honcho S…
The Curious Incident of the Frog in My Sightline is a surreal yet witty exploration of, well, what might happen if everything were suddenly to become frogs. Due to its absurdist nature, it i…
Pertinently taking place in the same year as the 100 year anniversary of the First World War, Mingled Yarn's Harry the King, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V, is a bold, modern take on…
A walking contradiction, teenager Amy Jones loves Strictly Come Dancing and reading Orwell; she's bright but her grammar is terrible. But she's electric, and fighting for change. Emma Packer…
When Biddy starts to go off the rails at a music festival, her friends just assume it's the drugs. But when she fails to come down from her outrageous high, the men in white coats are called…
God's Own Country is a heartwarming romance turned harrowing drama about a young Yorkshire lad who takes his affections for the girl next door way too far. Young farmer Sam Marsdyke, play…
Wherever you are in your life, Somebody I Used to Know will wrench you from it and plant you firmly back in your adolescent years " of underage drinking, secret smoking and lost friendships.…
On the Upside Down of the World is a rich snapshot of colonial New Zealand based on the memoirs of Mary Ann Martin and skilfully brought to life by Laurel Devenie. Dripping in privilege and …
Naked in Alaska is based on the life story of Valerie Hager, also known as Val, also known as Autumn. We find her recently evicted and clean from a youth of crystal meth, embarking on a jour…
If we're going to talk about gay rights, we might as well do it as loudly and as obscenely as possible. And that's exactly what Black Faggot does, but not at the expense of nuance. When it s…
 "Crazy Glue, Crazy Glue, the glue that makes things good as new!" But whatever is beneath the glue is still broken… Performed with great flair by Single Shoe Productions, Crazy Glue co…
As a self-declared 'weird girl', Susie Sillett always found it difficult to relate to other women. She is special, she is different. She's not like other girls. As Sillett calmly and methodi…
Increasingly relevant in a digital age where almost every move we make is tracked, The Stevenage Lytton Youth Theatre Thursday Group's choice to perform George Orwell's 1984 at this year's E…
Brian, the renegade bumblebee has committed an atrocity. Renata and Stephen's relationship is very much on the rocks. The police sergeant has a fish for a foot. Intuitive Creatures' contribu…
Student life: drinking to excess, experimenting with drugs, arguing and sleeping with your mismatched housemates in a grubby flat. The cliché is all too familiar to those who have not long …
Katherine Godfrey as Rosalind Franklin, the DNA scientist cheated of her share of a Nobel prize, recounts the heartbreaking story of her life " a tale of success, betrayal and tragedy. Rosal…
(2/5 Stars) Two girls and two boys meet by chance in a bar and decide to go to Paris. The twist: the protagonist, Matty, appeals to the audience to make his decisions for him. When Matty nee…
(4/5 Stars) Don't be fooled by the sad clown faces that stare dejectedly back at you from Losing It's promotional poster. And don't worry too much about the ambiguous programme notes that aw…
(4/5 Stars) New up-and-coming theatre company Bard and Troubadour tell the story of Thumbelina, a little girl no bigger than a human thumb, with the help of a few colourful characters includ…
