Laughing Boy, Jermyn Street Theatre review - impassioned agit prop drama by Saskia Baron

Strong ensemble work highlights the plight of people with learning disabilities On the morning of the press show of Laughing Boy, the BBC news website's top story was about the abuse of c…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:24am on May 2, 2024[SHARE]

The Lonely Londoners, Jermyn Street Theatre review - evocative portrait of the migrant experience by Saskia Baron

Roy Williams and Ebenezer Bamgboye skilfully bring Sam Selvon's novel to the stage Sam Selvon's 1956 novel about a flotilla of Caribbean migrants who came to London filled with expectations …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:54am on March 7, 2024[SHARE]

My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican review - dazzling stage adaptation of a Japanese classic by Saskia Baron

Ingenious puppetry and music brings a classic 2-D animation to life on stage As 10-year-old Satsuki observes as she arrives in the countryside with her little sister Mei, "We're not in Tokyo…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:19am on October 20, 2022[SHARE]

Scrounger, Finborough Theatre review - uncomfortable play tackles disability discrimination by Saskia Baron

Athena Stevens confronts the challenges faced by wheelchair-users Scrounger is no comfortable evening in the theatre, for reasons both intentional and inadvertent. Athena Stevens' new pl…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:42am on January 14, 2020[SHARE]

Jellyfish, National Theatre review - Ben Weatherill's play hits the right notes by Saskia Baron

Four-hander about a young woman falling in love transfers from the Bush Theatre The intense relationship between a single parent and a single child is ramped up to its highest level when it…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 8:42am on July 11, 2019[SHARE]

All in a Row, Southwark Playhouse, review - soapy and shrill pity party by Saskia Baron

★ ALL IN A ROW, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Soapy and shrill pity party Clumsy drama tries to raise sympathy for parents with a profoundly autistic child Time once again to roll out that line …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 4:00am on February 20, 2019[SHARE]

Harold and Maude, Charing Cross Theatre review - Sheila Hancock serene in thin production by Saskia Baron

Theatrical adaptation of the 1971 cult Californian movie doesn't set the stage on fireThe practice of mining the rich seam of popular movies to turn them into stage plays or musicals se…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 3:00am on February 28, 2018[SHARE]

Harold and Maude, Charing Cross Theatre review - Sheila Hancock serene in thin production by Saskia Baron

HAROLD AND MAUDE, CHARING CROSS THEATRE Theatrical adaptation of the 1971 cult Californian movie doesn't set the stage on fireTheatrical adaptation of the 1971 cult Californian movie doesn&#…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 3:00am on February 28, 2018[SHARE]

The Box of Delights, Wilton's Music Hall review - children's classic novel transferred to stage by Saskia Baron

Matthew Kelly and Josefina Gabrielle provide double the value in John Masefield classicTheatreland is currently awash with pantomimes and rehashes of A Christmas Carol, so all credit to this…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 6:12am on December 9, 2017[SHARE]

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic review - Rhys Ifans takes on Scrooge, triumphantly by Saskia Baron

Superb staging resurrects Dickens' morality tale Fresh from the success of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jack Thorne now gives us his exuberant adaptation of another much-loved tex…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 6:54am on November 30, 2017[SHARE]

All Our Children review - shameful historical period horrifies anew by Saskia Baron

Stephen Unwin's debut play explores Nazi Germany and eugenics How do you tell a story as complex as the eugenics movement, which is pursued afresh in writer-director Stephen Unwin's new…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:31am on May 6, 2017[SHARE]