Toxic legacies: Verity Healey writes on cycles of gendered violence in Anupama Chandrasekhar’s reimagining of Ibsen’s Ghosts.
OWE & Fringe
1 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Germ Free Adolescent at the Bunker
By Lily Levinson
Pass it on: Lily Levinson writes on Natalie Mitchell’s kind-hearted play about OCD and teen relationships.
28 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Botticelli in the Fire, Hampstead Theatre
18 October - 23 November
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Art, out of context: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Jordan Tannahill’s look at queer sexuality and censorship in Renaissance Florence.
24 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Vassa at Almeida Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
A bloodless revolution: Ava Wong Davies writes on Mike Bartlett and Tinuke Craig’s underpowered take on Gorky’s political satire.
23 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Little Baby Jesus at Orange Tree Theatre
18 October - 16 November
By Ava Wong Davies
Ava Wong Davies writes on Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu’s production of Arinzé Kene’s play about teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, which ‘fizzes and froths like a half-drunk bottle of Coke’.
21 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Out of Sorts at Theatre 503
9th October - 2nd November
By Maddy Costa
Becoming universal: Maddy Costa writes on Danusia Samal’s new play, a ‘familiar, homely and true’ exploration of its characters’ tangled identities.
20 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: for all the women who thought they were Mad at Stoke Newington Town Hall
By Ava Wong Davies
Teetering on the verge: Ava Wong Davies reviews Zawe Ashton’s poetic play exploring black women’s experiences of mental health issues.
18 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Hard to Be Soft; Hope Hunt/ The Ascension into Lazarus
10th October
By Ka Bradley
The real deal: Ka Bradley writes on three dance pieces by Oona Doherty, exploring masculinity and working-class communities in Northern Ireland.
17 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Out of Order at the Southbank Centre
12-14 October
By Ben Kulvichit
The tears of a clown: Ben Kulvichit writes on the poignant chaos of Forced Entertainment’s new show.
10 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mephisto [A Rhapsody] at Gate Theatre
3-26th October
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘How far does self-awareness get us?’ Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Samuel Gallet’s metatheatrical skewering of the theatre industry.
10 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Femme Fatale at Omnibus Theatre
8 - 27th October
By Lily Levinson
‘Spit in my face’: Lily Levinson writes on Polly Wiseman’s new play that imagines a meeting between Valerie Solanas and Nico.
9 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: We Dig at Ovalhouse
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘We’re already in the dirt’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Emma Frankland’s performance demolition of Ovalhouse, made with a company of transfeminine artists.
7 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: We Anchor in Hope at Bunker Theatre
25 September - 19 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Last orders: Brendan Macdonald reviews Anna Jordan’s play that transforms the Bunker into a working pub.
6 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shuck n Jive at Soho Theatre
2 - 26 October
By Emily Davis
‘What does it mean to write a play about race?’ Emily Davis writes on Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown’s knotty, metatheatrical play.
4 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Our Lady of Kibeho at Theatre Royal Stratford East
25 September - 2 November
By Sally Hales
‘A quiet warning that it’s wise to believe women, even when doing so challenges your worldview’: Sally Hales writes on Katori Hall’s play about the visions of three Rwandan school girls.