50 stories by "Saskia Coomber"
Review: Dracula, The London Library3.0Overall ScorePerforming in the relatively unheard-of historical venue that is The London Library, the setting is definitely the star of this production.…
Review: Opal Fruits, VAULT Festival3.0Overall ScoreHolly Beasley-Garrigan‘s one- woman show Opal Fruits is an hour of nostalgia, laden with 90’s tidbits. Based during a time when…
Review: Stop and Search, Arcola Theatre3.0starsGabriel Gbadamosi's topical play looks at the points of view from each end of today's society, with characters Akim (Munashe Chirisa), a refuge…
Review: An Enemy Of The People, Union Theatre2.0Overall ScoreI am handed the program for tonight's performance as I enter, the front cover blazoned with a now infamous image (Seamus Wray) of…
Really Want To Hurt Me is a coming- of- age story about a gay teenage boy in mid 80s Exeter, or, I should say, tries to be a coming-of- age story about a gay teenage boy in mid 80s Exeter. W…
The excitement and electricity that fills the space as you enter The Pheasantry cannot be ignored; the hustle and bustle in anticipation of the evening’s entertainment- Camp As Christm…
Chutney, or "Operation: Chutney" as the characters in Reece Connolly's play call their "hobby", takes us through a married couple's obsession with blood lust, which they satiate by systemati…
Tying in with the very topical subject of living and being able to work in the UK as a non- British citizen, Jericho's Rose explores the idea of belonging through the tales of Yasmin- a youn…
Set during the not-so-distant past of the Victorian era where women did not have the right to higher education and were expected to play an ever-subservient role, Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet S…
Set in a post-war British dystopia, the West-End transfer of Dawn King's Foxfinder follows the events that come to pass when the government sends a 'Fox Finder' named William Bloor (Game of …
The best fitting description of what I witness at the Barbican would be 'a night of inspiration'. The audience is given an insight into the mind of Creative Director and Concept Creator, Mic…
The truly intimate black box venue that is the Lion and Unicorn Theatre perfectly matches the storytelling that is Annie
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Che Malambo at the Peacock Theatre is a force to be reckoned with. The passion and explosiveness of each piece,
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The bleak setting we are met with upon arrival does well to peak the audience’s interest, as a man in
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Alice Schofield’s If We Were Older explores the highs and lows of young love and self discovery, it’s tragic, comedic,
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Upon my first visit to Southwark Playhouse, walking into the auditorium I am not disappointed- Jacqueline Gunn’s sprawling set design
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Stepping Out follows a weekly tap dancing class for adults of all abilities (including none at all), who are then
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Nine Foot Nine, after some afterthought I realise refers to the alternate reality in this play where women commonly grow
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When I was first told that this production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe would be made up of an all-
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In- Sook Chappell’s Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok, tells the astounding true story of Lily’s fight to achieve her
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It is rare, at least in the new writing that I have seen, that the entire production works together seamlessly, however the team of Michelle Barnette’s Love Me Now have achieved just t…
White Bear Theatre is the perfect venue for this intimate look at the issues and importance placed upon financial status in Upstanding Productions’ Faces In The Crowd. Written by Leo B…
After The Ball, written by Ian Grant, sees William Randall (Stuart Fox) grow from an idealistic young man to a frail whisper of who he used to be, and the relationships he forms along the wa…
Under the hustle and bustle of Leicester Square, there is a humanoid standing in a Perspex box with her back to the audience, stood still whilst we take our seats and wait for the play to be…
In the current climate of cracking down on sexual predators in every industry, Conquest is an intricate tale that discusses the topics of consent and male entitlement. A timely, humorous loo…
