Broken spokes: Simon Gwynn reviews Athena Stevens’ ‘amusing, provocative’ exploration of ‘the shit disabled people have to deal with day in, day out’.
Simon Gwynn
Articles by Simon Gwynn
28 November 2019
Reviews
Review: Candida at Orange Tree Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
‘The Twilight of its day’: Simon Gwynn writes on Paul Miller’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘125-year-old rom com’.
17 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Spiderfly at Theatre 503
By Simon Gwynn
Caught in the web: Simon Gwynn writes on John Webber’s new play exploring male violence.
14 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Amsterdam at Orange Tree Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
“Chaotic, rewarding and tiring”: Simon Gwynn writes on Maya Arad Yasur’s surreal narrative of Amsterdam’s hidden history.
5 September 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Hansard at National Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
Beat ’em up: Simon Gwynn writes on a pugnacious but uneven Tory party satire.
16 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Future at Battersea Arts Centre
12-29 June
By Simon Gwynn
Alarming prophecies: Simon Gwynn writes a dystopian diary in response to Little Bulb’s show exploring Artificial Intelligence.
6 April 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Going Through at the Bush Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
‘The stage starts to feel like a living entity’: Simon Gwynn reviews Omar Elerian’s deft production of Estelle Savasta’s play about child migration.
8 March 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: A Lesson From Aloes
27 February - 23 March
By Simon Gwynn
Simon Gwynn reviews Janet Suzman’s claustrophobic revival of Athol Fugard’s 1978 play, which explores ‘the personal toll of political events’.
16 December 2018
Reviews
Review: Cinderella: A Wicked Mother of a Night Out! at London Welsh Centre
By Simon Gwynn
Can I lick your face?: Simon Gwynn reviews Not Too Tame’s ‘raucous and gratifying reinvention of panto’.
12 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: I’m Not Running at the National Theatre
Until 31st January 2019
By Simon Gwynn
Uncanny valley: David Hare’s satire of Labour politics might be set in the present day, but it belongs in another era.
21 September 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Outsider at Print Room
Until 20th October
By Simon Gwynn
Pleasure-seeking animals: Ben Okri’s play is a visceral, accessible take on Albert Camus’s existentialist classic.
11 August 2018
Reviews
Review: Spiral at Park Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
Simon Gwynn reviews Spiral, a revised version of an earlier play that still may be tackling too much.
6 May 2018
Reviews
Review: The Fall at Southwark Playhouse
April 28 - May 19
By Simon Gwynn
Generational differences: James Fritz’s play for the National Youth Theatre explores society’s attitudes towards the old.
11 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Reared at Theatre503
April 4 - April 28
By Simon Gwynn
Two in one: John Fitzpatrick’s play is both kitchen sink comedy and insightful study of social evolution.
19 February 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Angry at Southwark Playhouse
14 February - 10 March 2018
By Simon Gwynn
Remains thoroughly caffeinated: Simon Gwynn reviews Philip Ridley’s new series of six monologues.