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Louise Jones



Articles by Louise Jones


Compass Festival #1: are you listening?
1 April 2021
Features

Compass Festival #1: are you listening?

By Louise Jones

Louise Jones answers the call of ZU-UK’s phonebox-based performance in her first piece as embedded critic at Compass, the Leeds-based festival of live art


Review: The Band Plays On at Sheffield Theatres
20 March 2021
Reviews • National • Sheffield

Review: The Band Plays On at Sheffield Theatres

16-28 March
By Louise Jones

‘Homecoming’: Louise Jones reviews a warming, nostalgia-laden gig theatre tribute to the city of Sheffield.


Review: The Aftermath at The Piece Hall, Halifax (online)
23 November 2020
Reviews • Halifax • National

Review: The Aftermath at The Piece Hall, Halifax (online)

18 November - 31 December
By Louise Jones

Growing pains: Louise Jones reviews Northern Rascal’s outdoor dance piece made with a group of twenty 16-25 year olds from Calderdale.


Review: The Ghost Caller by Headlong
11 November 2020
Reviews • Liverpool • National

Review: The Ghost Caller by Headlong

4-19 November
By Louise Jones

Grief encounter: Louise Jones reviews Headlong’s ghost story, reimagined as a performance via telephone.


Review: Connecting Voices at Leeds Playhouse
6 October 2020
Reviews • Leeds • National

Review: Connecting Voices at Leeds Playhouse

2-17 October
By Louise Jones

Unreliable connection: Louise Jones reviews a series of short performances exploring isolation and togetherness, co-presented with Opera North.


Review: Every Time a Bell Rings at Park Bench Theatre, York
9 September 2020
Reviews

Review: Every Time a Bell Rings at Park Bench Theatre, York

By Louise Jones

Louise Jones reviews an outdoor monologue with a soundtrack that chimes with its themes of grief and spirituality.


Review: Bubble by Kieran Hurley
26 March 2020
Reviews

Review: Bubble by Kieran Hurley

By Louise Jones

Social media stormclouds: Louise Jones writes on the Facebook livestream of Kieran Hurley’s student activism drama.


Review: Alone in Berlin at York Theatre Royal
7 March 2020
Reviews • National • York

Review: Alone in Berlin at York Theatre Royal

7-21 March
By Louise Jones

Writ large: Louise Jones reviews an adaptation of Hans Fallada’s wartime novel which loses its moral nuance in the journey from page to stage.


Review: Night of the Living Dead – Remix
3 February 2020
Reviews • Leeds • National

Review: Night of the Living Dead – Remix

24th January - 15th February, then touring
By Louise Jones

‘An America that tears itself apart from the inside’: Louise Jones reviews imitating the dog’s shot-for-shot live remix of George Romero’s horror movie.


Review: A Night at the Musicals at Leeds Playhouse
21 December 2019
Reviews • Leeds • National

Review: A Night at the Musicals at Leeds Playhouse

18-21 December
By Louise Jones

Glitz and glamour: Louise Jones reviews Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo’s loving lampooning of all things musical theatre.


Review: Hello and Goodbye at York Theatre Royal
28 November 2019
Reviews • National • York

Review: Hello and Goodbye at York Theatre Royal

14-30 November
By Louise Jones

Shaft of light: Louise Jones writes on the ‘futile, gripping’ intensity of Athol Fugard’s seldom-produced two-hander.


Review: This is not a wedding at York Theatre Royal
22 September 2019
Reviews • National • York

Review: This is not a wedding at York Theatre Royal

17-18 September, then touring
By Louise Jones

Unholy matrimony: Louise Jones reviews Gracefool Collective’s unruly deconstruction of wedding traditions.


Edinburgh fringe review: Post-Mortem by Iskandar Sharazuddin
23 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Post-Mortem by Iskandar Sharazuddin

By Louise Jones

Heartbeats: Louise Jones writes on an intimate physical theatre dissection of a break up.


Edinburgh fringe review: Lovely Girls by The Hiccup Project
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Lovely Girls by The Hiccup Project

By Louise Jones

Cosmetic expectations: Louise Jones writes on The Hiccup Project’s dance exploration of the pressures on women to be ‘lovely’.


Edinburgh fringe review: Cyst-er Act by Catherine Hoffmann
14 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Cyst-er Act by Catherine Hoffmann

By Louise Jones

Raw and clandestine: Louise Jones writes on Catherine Hoffmann’s musical about under-discussed gynaecological conditions.


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