Growing pains: Louise Jones reviews Northern Rascal’s outdoor dance piece made with a group of twenty 16-25 year olds from Calderdale.
Louise Jones
Articles by Louise Jones
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
21 July 2019
Reviews • National • York
Review: Birth at York Theatre Royal
17 July, then touring
By Louise Jones
A matter of life and death: Louise Jones writes on the emotional mechanics of Theatre Re’s lyrical piece of physical theatre.
15 April 2019
Reviews • National • York
Review: Tensile Strength (or How To Survive at Your Wit’s End) at York Theatre Royal
11 April, then touring
By Louise Jones
‘Life’s metaphorical bucket’: Louise Jones reviews Holly Gallagher’s solo storytelling show about the three Millennials under stress.