Ahead of an open meeting on ‘The Value of Design’, eight designers at all career levels discuss the struggle for fair working conditions.
Francesca Peschier
Articles by Francesca Peschier
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.
5 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Electra at The Bunker Theatre
Until 24th March
By Francesca Peschier
Sophocles…but make it punk: Francesca Peschier reviews DumbWise Theatre’s take on a classic.
23 February 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Ken at The Bunker
January 24 - February 24
By Francesca Peschier
If in doubt, get naked and jump on the table: Terry Johnson’s tribute to Ken Campbell has lessons for life as well as theatre.
17 February 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You at Vault Festival 2018
Until 25 February 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier reviews John O’Donovan’s “envy-inducing” debut play, in all its “butterfly brilliance”.
13 February 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: JOY at VAULT Festival
February 10 - February 11
By Francesca Peschier
You don’t get it, but you listen: all good artists are dead’s second show is an incomprehensible rave.
12 February 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mad as Hell at Jermyn Street Theatre
Until 24 February 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Don’t try and tell us it’s his jive dancing: Francesca Peschier reviews Cassie McFarlane & Adrian Hope’s play about Eletha Barrett and Peter Finch
6 February 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: The Lifeboat at VAULT Festival
January 24 - March 18
By Francesca Peschier
Thanks, Miranda: our intrepid space explorer dies a horrific death in this escape room experience.