Paula Garfield's hands make perfect sense. They move swiftly, phonology flying about our circle. As one of the founders of the award-winning company Deafintely Theatre, she has helped to cre…
"I am here to repair", calls out our lead, surrounded by the sun-drenched desert. His story is entrapped by its own ideas, aesthetically interesting, but thematically stunted. The Prisoner i…
Eastern Star looks back to Burma's 1988 revolution, comparing the viewpoints of a British Journalist and a Burmese Human Rights lawyer who reveals himself as "an architect of the revolution"…
Taking a cue from Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna, The Village is a story of courage, love, politics and justice, and their respective nuances. From the Spanish Golden Age to contemporary …
Following on from Camden People’s Theatre's brilliant Come As You Are festival last year, the event is set to replicate its success with a UK tour this Autumn and will once again be he…
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 …
A Haunted Experience fits into an abandoned police station turned multi-purpose arts centre (The Island). I freely enter an installation which presents research into local and national narra…
Allegedly inspired by the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Gemma Brockis' revisited play An Execution (By Invitation Only) is a surreal piece that explores the mortality and opacity in a human …
Lip gloss and murder, a deadly concoction. One that Heathers brews up with camp, infections and gleeful enjoyment. The adaptation of the cult classic '80s film zips with wit, humour and some…
A life dreamed of, yet built using sand that can be easily crumbled into the sea. With Fabric, we have an insight into a story far too familiar and a fate far too common. The issues discusse…
Misty, originally staged at the Bush Theatre, has made its West End debut at Trafalgar Studios, and if you didn't get to see it its first-time round, you should absolutely try your utmost to…
Once upon a time, Daniel Waters and Michael Lehmann put their heads together and created one of cinema's darkest teen comedies and consequently a huge cult classic. Heathers is one of those …
As I sat down to watch the Southwark Playhouse's newest production I couldn't help but feel rather 'cool'. Normal theatre goers hang out in the West End, but here, just a stone’s throw…
We enter, treading on bark and wood chippings to take our seats, walking through a dark and damp wood, weaving past tall, spindling tree trunks. Naomi Dawson's set design is eerie and immers…
It's India in the 1940s and teenaged Jyoti is not permitted to choose whether or not she marries, only to whom, and even then, it's a miserly selection. As she rearranges the polaroid photog…
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…
With a play titled Holy Sh!t to open up the new season at the Kiln Theatre, we are not disappointed. Actor and writer Alexis Zegerman's new play is about the lengths that some parents will g…
Theatre should be talked about; good theatre should be debated. The Unspoken by Jody Medland, ironically, leaves much to be said. Performed in the basement beneath a restaurant, it is play t…
All singing (except without the singing), all dancing (except without the dancing), Dust is a show that has its hands tightly around your heart and won’t let go. Depending on your e…
The legacy of the Brontë family is arguably one of rebellion. Spearheaded by the eldest, Charlotte, the three sisters are rooted firmly in British history. With their literary works cryst…
A dysfunctional family sits down at the Thanksgiving table and treasures the precious time that they have left together. But their geographic locations, ages and past mistakes are threatenin…
Mamma Mia! meets Waiting for Godot; the glamour and pop soundtrack reminiscent of ABBA, intermingles with harmonies consisting of major thirds and combining with a script as anti-climactic a…
Sinister and lyrical, The Second Violinist begins with spectral lights illuminating, one after the other, all the spots of the incredible set design by Jamie Vartan. The overture foregrounds…
Remember back when Hamilton was new, and people didn't know, for certain, who or what it was about? If not: back before Hamilton was the smash hit we've all come to know and tweet about, the…
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