26 stories by "Blue Huseyin"
Review: The Arrival, Bush Theatre 4.0stars On the surface, brothers Tom and Samad share many similarities: their complexions, the time it takes for their ligaments to heal, the emotional gen…
After seeing Mother of Him,a play that humanises a rapist through its focus on their mother, Blue Huseyin felt outraged. Here, she writes about how serious crimes such as this are still bein…
Review: Messiah, Stratford Circus Arts Centre4.0stars "At some point you've got to decide if you're afraid of me because I'm black or because I'm educated" is the searing accusation that …
Review: A Letter to a Friend in Gaza, The Coronet Theatre3.0starsThere is an unmistakable air of uneasiness in The Coronet Theatre as I take my seat; something taut and sinister that waits, …
Review: Medusa, The Pleasance Theatre3.0starsWe are in the midst of a cultural phenomenon with contemporary British theatre. From Six, to Emilia and most recently & Juliet, many creative…
Review: Touching The Void, Duke of York's Theatre 4.0stars Touching The Void, based on the best selling book, is a real life epic that whisks us to the dizzying summit of the Siula Grande mo…
Review: A Haunted Existence, Battersea Arts Centre4.0stars  "You may find these things morally wrong. I do not." That is the ringing clarion call extending from the Somerset town of Taunt…
Review: Dirty Crusty, The Yard Theatre 3.0stars In the time it takes me to throw my coat over my shoulders, walk the short distance from The Yard Theatre to the train station, ride the train…
Review: Frankenstein, Southwark Playhouse3.0stars"Soon," Garth (Sonny Poon Tip) informs the audience, the very act of sitting together in a room to watch a show like this will seem "quaint",…
Review: Gaslight, The Playground Theatre4.0starsOur tale is set in a chintzy living room designed by Kate Halstead. The carpet is a striking pink that sends a rosy blush onto the walls. The …
Review: Nothing Special, Camden People's Theatre1.0starsIt is 9pm in the heart of Camden. Two people are rolling around on the floor, wailing and sloppily jamming bananas into their mouths a…
Review: Little Baby Jesus, Orange Tree Theatre 5.0stars Little Baby Jesus is the miraculous sort of theatre that plucks us completely out of ourselves, pries apart our ribs and speaks so dir…
Review: Great Expectations, Southwark Playhouse3.0starsFrames draped with fabric stand on either end of a long catwalk. Hannah Wolfe's set is simple but it allows greater focus on the talent…
Review: Last Orders, Old Red Lion Theatre4.0stars"When you turn out the lights tonight, be sure to check that corner of your room again… you know the one" warns Reece, one of our hosts for…
Review: Black Chiffon, Park Theatre 3.0stars In an austere and extravagant green drawing room overlooking the river Thames, a family prepare for their oldest son's upcoming wedding. On the w…
Review: Noises Off, Garrick Theatre5.0starsAt some point during Act three, I am laughing so hard that I rifle in my bag for my inhaler " somewhere in the show between the cactus and the thre…
Review: This Is Not Right, Wilton's Music Hall 3.0stars Wilton's Music Hall is the perfect location for This Is Not Right. It's bare, crumbling bricks, cast-iron pillars and faded paint comb…
Review: Gastronomic, Shoreditch Town Hall4.0starsGastronomic is a stunning contradiction. It sweeps us 37,000 feet into the air only to remind us that our most intimate memories and identiti…
Review: Mother of Him, Park Theatre 3.0stars Brenda Kapowitz (Tracy-Ann Oberman) prepares breakfast for her petulant youngest son, answers phone calls and presses him to dress for school. Th…
Review: Zeus on the Loose, Fire London 2.0stars "If all of you haven't left with STIs tonight, we haven't done our job right!" cackles Apollo (Dean McCullough) our host, his glittery lips tw…
Review: Lit, Omnibus Theatre4.0starsExiting the Omnibus Theatre, the audience brims with emotion. Some do not move immediately, still under the spell. By the door, a woman says "That poor gi…
Review: Torch Song, Turbine Theatre5.0starsBy the end of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, I am acutely aware of the fraught atmosphere, the sobbing man on my left and my own damp cheeks. Origi…
Review: RIFT present Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexandra Palace5.0starsWe gather on the observation terrace of Alexandra Palace in the shadow of its vast transmission tower. A plaque declares…
During this month, Theatre 503's 'Summer Takeover' has offered us creatives advice to help further our careers. Invited to the closing event, Blue Huseyin wonders just how much help new writ…
Review: Macbeth, Temple Church 3.0stars The decision to stage Macbeth in a church is deliberate and powerful. The stage rises up in a long aisle between the facing pews. The audience are tra…
