“Chaotic, rewarding and tiring”: Simon Gwynn writes on Maya Arad Yasur’s surreal narrative of Amsterdam’s hidden history.
Simon Gwynn
Articles by Simon Gwynn
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.
14 January 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: This Story of Yours at White Bear Theatre
9th-27th January
By Simon Gwynn
A revival of ‘Z-Cars’ writer John Hopkins’ 1968 psychological thriller shows how much times have changed.
30 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Lorax at The Old Vic
Until 5 November 2017
By Simon Gwynn
Fine-tuned absurdity: Simon Gwynn reviews the return of David Grieg’s stage adaptation of Dr Seuss to the Old Vic.
15 August 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Dangling at Southwark Playhouse
Until 26 August 2017
By Simon Gwynn
Simon Gwynn reviews Abigail Hood’s new play about childhood abuse and running away from home.