51 stories by "Olivia Kiely"
Review: A Thousand Ways Part One: A Phone Call, 600 Highwaymen/Take Me Somewhere 3.0Overall Score Theatre over the phone " another trend of the Covid era. I'd forgive some scepticism from th…
Review: The Queen's Head, Battersea Arts Centre/The Motherhood Project 2.0Overall Score If you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards…
Review: Distance Remaining, Helen Milne Productions2.0Overall ScoreIf you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going an…
Review: Eggstraction, Morpheus3.0Overall ScoreIf you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going and paying our very tal…
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Review: Is Now A Good Time?, Out of Chaos 5.0Overall Score If you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going and paying…
Review: West End Musical Drive In 3.0Overall Score If you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going and paying our ver…
Review: All On Her Own, MZG Theatre Productions 2.0Overall Score If you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping AYT going and …
Review: Breaking Up With Reality, Living Record Festival4.0Overall ScoreIf you're enjoying our content, please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping AYT going an…
Review: The Gruffalo's Child, Tall Stories3.0Overall ScoreIt is fair to say that I'm a bit older than The Gruffalo's Child's target audience, but I'm not going to feign a level of maturity w…
Review: Blue, Chippy Lane Productions4.0Overall ScoreI think it's safe to say that live theatre has been sorely missed over the past few months. Online theatre has been a welcomed comfort in…
Review: First Date, Lambert Jackson and Crazy Coqs Online3.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 VotesWhen writing a musical about a first date, there's a lot of source material you can pull from. A…
Review: The Fall, Dazed New World Festival2.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 VotesAs a child, Sundays always meant a visit to our local church with my family. I spent years listening to the sam…
Review: Florence 'Flo' Smith " Now & Then, Bell House2.0Overall ScoreMy grandmothers are magnificent storytellers; able to bring the written word to life and intricately illustrate their…
Review: User Not Found, Dante or Die 4.0Overall Score Some productions are born online, some achieve online productions and some have online productions thrust upon them. In 2020, the latter…
Review: F*ck Off, Bread and Roses Theatre3.0StarsThis is my first time stepping back inside a theatre and I return to find it changed in some ways and unchanged in others. The good news is e…
Review: The Nobodies, Chalk Line Theatre5.0StarsAs a rule of thumb, reviews are generally published immediately after they have been written; this particular review bucks that trend. This re…
Review: Love Letters at Home, Uninvited Guests3.0StarsAs you are all no doubt aware, the current global pandemic has caused the theatre industry to grind to a halt. As a theatre reviewer, yo…
Review: Daughter, Battersea Arts Centre4.0StarsFathers and their daughters " this relationship inspires a comforting sentimentality for some and a dull reminiscent ache for others, or someth…
Review: Sugar Coat, VAULT Festival 3.0stars What do you get when you take a musical and swap out jazz hands for head-banging and solo showstoppers for a band of punk rock performers? You get…
Review: The Visit, The National Theatre4.0starsFriedrich Dürrenmatt's tragicomedy retains the dark humour which warrants it part of that genre in Tony Kushner's adaptation. In New York, the…
Review: The First, VAULT Festival4.0starsSpace travel " a concept which either excites or terrifies, or perhaps such a feat encourages a combination of the two. Equally, a play about space t…
Review: The Invitation, Town Hall Hotel2.0starsImmersive theatre is one of the most lucrative sectors of the current theatrical landscape. Promising an intimate and tactile experience, many …
The Glass Will Shatter, Omnibus Theatre & Althea Theatre3.0starsJoe Marsh's new play The Glass Will Shatter investigates the consequences of the Prevent Strategy, a counter-terrorism ini…
Review: Hamlet: Rotten States, The Hope Theatre 2.0stars Christmas has been and gone and I thought the same could be said for panto season. Yet, tonight I discover that my aforementioned pre…