One very dangerous man: Catrina McHugh’s two-hander explores the issues of coercive control within relationships.
Francesca Peschier
Articles by Francesca Peschier
7 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Suicide Notes at Shoreditch Town Hall
By Francesca Peschier
Tongued into submission: Francesca Peschier tries to put the joy of Chris Brett Bailey’s solo set into words.
2 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Chess at the Coliseum
April 26 - June 2
By Francesca Peschier
Checkmate: Benny and Bjorn’s classic eighties musical is completely ridiculous
2 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: One Green Bottle at the Soho Theatre
Until 19 May 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier reviews Hideki Noda’s “utterly bizarre gender-bending kaleidoscopic piece of work”.
27 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Strictly Ballroom at the Piccadilly Theatre
March 29 - October 20
By Francesca Peschier
A Will Young concert with a bit of story: the musical adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 doesn’t sparkle as bright as its sequins.
23 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Bekkrell Effect at Roundhouse
Until 22 April 2018
By Francesca Peschier
If Pixar did electrons… Francesca Peschier reviews a piece of circus based on the discovery of radioactivity
11 April 2018
Features • Dialogues
Roundtable: Working Conditions and Pay in Theatre Design
By Francesca Peschier
Ahead of an open meeting on ‘The Value of Design’, eight designers at all career levels discuss the struggle for fair working conditions.
9 April 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Devil with the Blue Dress at the Bunker Theatre
Until 28 April 2018
By Francesca Peschier
No shoes: Francesca Peschier reviews a play inspired by the Monica Lewinsky scandal through its costumes
3 April 2018
Features
Theatre’s missing accents
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier explores how regional and working class accents are both underused and misused by theatre.
28 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Ruthless! The Musical at the Arts Theatre
March 16 - June 23
By Francesca Peschier
Who on earth is this for? Joel Paley and Marvin Laird’s inane Off-Broadway cult hit punches down not up, and that’s the least of its problems.
26 March 2018
Reviews
Review: Miss Nightingale at London Hippodrome
Until 6th May
By Francesca Peschier
A good night out: Francesca Peschier on Matthew Bugg’s bawdy wartime musical.
13 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Follow Suit at Vault Festival 2018
7 – 11 March 2018
By Francesca Peschier
You won’t look at dry cleaning bags with such ease ever again: Francesca Peschier reviews Silent Faces’ office-based comedy.
12 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Dog Beneath the Skin at Jermyn Street Theatre
7 – 31 March 2018
By Francesca Peschier
The bizarre and the nastiness in the everyday: Francesca Peschier reviews a forgotten play by Auden and Isherwood
6 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Strongbox at Vault Festival 2018
Until 4 March 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Stephanie Jacob’s new play about modern slavery is ‘menacingly volatile’.
6 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: An Evening with Jonathan Blazer at Vault Festival
Until 4 March 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier has a long, hard think about why she didn’t like this.