32 stories by "Suzannah Ball"
Review: The Prince of Egypt, The Dominion Theatre 3.0Stars The Prince of Egypt has become a much beloved classic, and this adaptation is years in the making. After finding critical acclaim o…
Review: Lovepuke, Hen & Chickens Theatre4.0StarsValentine's Day has a lot of expectations, and whether you see it as a delightful holiday or a moment to be avoided, Lovepuke takes these …
Review: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands, VAULT Festival3.0starsA lot of us have problems, and the majority of us are hesitant in speaking about them. These problems manifest themselve…
Review: Death of England, The National Theatre5.0starsEngland is a fucked-up world of its own, a catalyst for change that has a stubborn insistence on perpetually staying the same. We grasp …
Review: Something Awful, VAULT festival3.0starsThe internet is a scary place which only becomes scarier still when the on-screen chaos and storytelling leaks into our own lives. Something Aw…
Review: The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre 4.0stars The Sunset Limited dabbles in discussing the depressive state man finds himself in, until it propels forward and it finds itself questi…
Review: West End Misfits: The Christmas Edition 4.0stars Misfits is bringing in the Christmas season, almost. A mish mash of brilliant showtunes and heartfelt ensembles, West End Misfits " T…
Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican 3.0stars Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a play well-loved; it has brought us 10 Things I Hate About You and numerous other stage and scree…
Review: Call Me Fury, The Hope Theatre 4.0stars Call Me Fury is angry, captivating and musically invigorating. It trails the stories of Salem, passing through the happenings of witch executi…
Review: Big The Musical, Dominion Theatre2.0starsBig The Musical, doesn't feel big, it feels hollow. Big follows the journey of a young Josh Baskin (Jamie O'Connor) until, as Tom Hanks did b…
Review: The Flies, The Bunker1.0starWritten in 1943, Jean Paul-Sartre's The Flies adapts the Greek Myth of Orestes and his lost sister Electra as they seek to avenge their unjustly murdered …
Review: Education, Education, Education, Trafalgar Studios3.0starsRemember what it felt like to be in high school? Everyone was against you, failing an exam meant the end of your life and at…
Review: Little Death Club, Underbelly Festival Southbank5.0Overall ScoreRelinquish any preconceptions, get rid of your boundaries and prepare yourself to be fully immersed into the mad world…
Review: Goodnight Mr. Spindrift, Old Red Lion Theatre2.0Overall ScoreWith careful and silky-smooth language Goodnight Mr. Spindrift introduces the audience to a world perhaps not too unlike …
Review: Night of the Living Dead LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre 4.0Overall Score George Romero's Night of the Living Dead is quite simply, a cult classic. It is iconic in black and white, ridiculo…
Review: A Super Happy Story (About Being Super Sad), The Vaults Theatre3.0starsStill on a high from its successful stint at the Vaults Festival, A Super Happy Story (About Being Super Sad) r…
Review: Waitress, Adelphi Theatre4.0starsWhisked away by songs instilled with good old country ballads, Waitress warms me up like a freshly baked pie. With soulful music and lyrics by Sara B…
Review: Orangutan, VAULT Festival 2.0stars The memory of falling into an animal enclosure may not, or at least I hope not, be a familiar one. However, the emotional turmoil that Orangutan ex…
Review: The New Romantic, VAULT Festival 5.0Overall Score Humans love creating boundaries and placing labels. We are innately afraid to step away from the norm. Yet, modern society is at the…
Review: Babylon: Beyond Borders, Bush Theatre 3.0Overall Score Babylon: Beyond Borders in an ambitious, passion-filled project spanning across four countries. In London, it feels as though I…
Review: Mancoin, VAULT Festival4.0starsEnter Guy White. A seemingly harmless 20-something cis white male played by the endearing Hubert Burton. Mancoin, a bold addition to the 2019 VAULT Fes…
Review: Father (Vader), The Barbican5.0starsFather (Vader) is a delightful twist of comedy, melancholic drama and unnerving horror. It is set in an old folks' home where nothing is quite as …
Review: Nuns, Tristan Bates Theatre3.0Overall ScoreWith the promise of delinquency, sin and smoking, I was anticipating a hot and dangerous exploration of religious rebellion as I sat down t…
The Messiah is a hilariously unpredictable exploration of Nativity. Writer and Director Patrick Barlow succeeds in creating a piece of comedy that feels alive, feeding on and reacting to the…
With the state of the world being very much up in arms with the inevitable and much-needed presence of the Me Too movement, Return to Elm House interweaves nineteenth century feminism with p…
