‘The twitch of the familiar’: Ka Bradley writes on Boy Blue’s new dance piece exploring grief.
OWE & Fringe
23 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Preludes at Southwark Playhouse
By Alice Saville
Emotive notes: Alice Saville responds to Dave Malloy’s passionate symphonic musical with a review in four movements.
20 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Anna Bella Eema at Arcola Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
“Get in, losers, we’re going capital-W Weird”: Ava Wong Davies writes on Lisa D’Amour’s startling, dreamlike story of female adolescence.
14 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The King of Hell’s Palace at Hampstead Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Bad blood: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s play about “the almost unbelievable political and humanitarian mess” of China’s plasma trade.
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.
12 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith
6th September - 5th October
By Ava Wong Davies
‘A whirling, inescapable funhouse of micro and macroaggressions’: Ava Wong Davies writes on Tanika Gupta’s new adaptation of Ibsen’s play, relocated to colonial India.
10 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Until the Flood at Arcola Theatre
4 September - 28 September
By Brendan Macdonald
Bearing witness: Brendan MacDonald writes on Dael Orlandersmith’s powerful one-woman show, constructed from interviews conducted following the shooting of Michael Brown.
8 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Typical at Soho Theatre
By Lily Levinson
Typical?: Lily Levinson writes on Ryan Cameron Calais’s monologue, which explores the devastating consequences of institutional racism.
8 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Chiaroscuro at the Bush Theatre
9th September - 5th October
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Say my name: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Chiaroscuro, the last production in the Bush Theatre’s Passing the Baton series.
31 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The View UpStairs at Soho Theatre
By Alice Saville
Beyond nostalgia: Alice Saville writes on a nuanced musical about a lost 1973 gay bar.
28 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Crystal Clear at Old Red Lion Theatre
23rd July - 17th August
By Emily Davis
Take my hand: Emily Davis writes on Crystal Clear, an accessible but dated romance focusing on a partially-sighted couple.
10 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Noye’s Fludde at Theatre Royal Stratford East
1 - 13 July
By Rachel Nouchi
‘Refreshingly unpolished’: Rachel Nouchi reviews Theatre Royal Stratford East and English National Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s biblically-inspired opera.
7 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Whitewash at Soho Theatre
3rd-27th July
By Brendan Macdonald
‘A blistering and entertaining examination of the privilege of disengagement’: Brendan Macdonald writes on Gabriel Bisset-Smith’s semi-autobiographical play.
7 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Grey at Ovalhouse
27 June - 13 July
By Hannah Greenstreet
‘Depression is not poetic’: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Koko Brown’s show about depression, which combines spoken-word, vocal looping and BSL.
3 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Rust at Bush Theatre
4th-27th July
By Brendan Macdonald
In the bedroom: Brendan Macdonald reviews Kenny Emson’s rule-bound new play exploring the dynamics of an affair.